Pakistan launched air strikes on Afghanistan early on Friday as tensions between the neighbours threatened to break out into open war.
Islamabad’s bombardment included extensive air strikes and artillery fire targeting major urban areas, including the capital Kabul, and Kandahar, where Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is based.
Pakistan’s assault was in response to an Afghan Taliban attack overnight on Pakistani border posts, officials in Islamabad said. That followed last weekend’s airstrikes by Pakistan on what it said were militant positions in east Afghanistan.
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