Afghan authorities said on Friday that Pakistan had carried out airstrikes on Kabul and border provinces, killing four people in the capital, in the latest deadly clashes in the long-running

BEIJING -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that the issues between Afghanistan and Pakistan can only be resolved through dialogue and consultation. The use of force would only complicate the situation and intensify the contradictions, which would be of no benefit to either side and threatens regional peace and stability, he said.

Though Pakistan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan have experienced strained relations in recent years, analysts warn that the latest escalation could leave long-lasting scars on communities living along the border. Asif Peer Jan, a social worker based in Charsadda in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, warned that a humanitarian crisis could be unfolding.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani and Afghan forces launched multiple strikes at each other in cross-border clashes on Friday, and each side claimed to have killed dozens more enemy troops in what has been the deadliest fighting yet between the two neighbors — a conflict that Islamabad has declared to be an “open war.”

Pakistan’s president is defending cross-border strikes in Afghanistan and urges the Taliban government to disarm militants attacking his country.

Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged cross-border attacks in a dramatic escalation of tensions that led Pakistan's defense minister to say the two countries are in a state of "open war."

Tensions between nuclear-armed Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban regime sharply escalated in late February, further heightening regional instability and raising concerns about the risk of a prolonged conflict.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered to mediate for a new ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan as border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan entered their sixth day on Wednesday.

Afghanistan's defence ministry said its air force carried out a drone strike on a Pakistani military facility in Islamabad on Friday, marking the latest escalation in growing tensions between the neighbouring countries. In a post on X, Afghanistan's ...