Clara Fong
On February 26, Afghanistan’s Taliban government launched an attack on Pakistan’s military bases near their disputed shared border. The regime claims this was in retaliation for Pakistan’s strikes on Afghan military bases several days before. Within hours, Pakistan responded by bombing several Afghan border provinces and the capital, Kabul—the first time Pakistan has conducted an attack on Afghanistan’s urban areas. Pakistan’s defense minister later described the situation as one of “open war” with Afghanistan. The cross-border attacks mark the latest and most significant escalation between the two countries since they agreed to a fragile ceasefire in October 2025 after a previous border conflict that lasted over a week.
As of March 2, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has recorded at least 146 civilian casualties in Afghanistan, including 42 dead and 104 injured, though these figures are preliminary. The Afghan Taliban has said that it is willing to negotiate with Pakistan, but there are growing concerns that the conflict could continue to escalate, further destabilizing a region already grappling with the rippling fallout from joint U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.
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