Pakistan’s military has conducted fresh airstrikes on Afghan Taliban positions in and around Jalalabad as part of its ongoing offensive against militant groups operating across the border hitting key Taliban infrastructure including a drone storage facility and an ammunition depot according to Pakistani officials who say the strikes are aimed at degrading insurgent capabilities amid a wider security crisis. Islamabad’s operations follow a renewed cycle of hostilities after repeated cross‑border clashes with Pakistan accusing the Taliban‑led Afghan government of harboring militant fighters responsible for attacks inside Pakistan and threatening national stability. The offensive part of Operation Ghazab lil‑Haq has seen strikes on more than 50 locations in eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan claims hundreds of Taliban fighters have been killed or wounded in recent actions while Afghan authorities condemn the attacks as violations of their sovereignty and report civilian harm. Rising tensions have also produced dramatic incidents including the downing of a Pakistani fighter jet over Jalalabad and the capture of its pilot by Afghan fighters underlining the risk of further escalation between the neighboring countries. International voices have called for restraint as the conflict shows few signs of abating with diplomatic efforts to reduce the violence yet to yield a ceasefire.
