Pakistan-Afghanistan border conflict September 2026
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Pakistan installs fishing nets at security outposts to block drone attacks
A standard checkpost can be covered with the nets for about 400,000 Pakistani rupees ($1,435).
Military outposts at some sites in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have also deployed the anti-drone netting system.
The April 16 attack on the Sarki Piyala police checkpost in Hangu was claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
“Even if a drone does not get caught and explodes above the net, the damage is expected to be much less because most of the shrapnel and fragments would be dispersed in the air rather than falling directly onto the ground where the police personnel are positioned.”
Afghanistan says nine killed in Pakistani air raids on Kunar and Helmand
The casualty claims from either side could not immediately be independently verified.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman for Afghanistan’s government, said the strikes took place late on Wednesday.
Pakistan’s Information Ministry said its strikes were against hideouts used by armed groups in two locations.
Afghanistan says Pakistani airstrikes killed women and children
Afghan officials say 11 people were wounded by Pakistani air attacks.
Afghan officials say at least nine women and children were killed by Pakistani air attacks late Wednesday.
Pakistan says its targets were armed fighters.
Pakistan launches air attacks on Afghanistan
Pakistan's Ministry of Information said that it conducted strikes which killed 22 fighters.
Zabihullah Mujahid said the attacks destroyed three houses.
UNAMA said it had documented over 1,100 civilian deaths and injuries in Afghanistan so far this year.
“Civilians continue to be affected by cross-border hostilities. UNAMA reiterates its call for de-escalation, dialogue, respect for international law and prevention of further civilian harm,”
Afghanistan says 28 fighters killed as Islamabad and Kabul trade accusations
Afghanistan's defence ministry claimed the fighters included ISIL (ISIS) fighters who were supported by Pakistani militias.
A spokesman for the Afghan Taliban government said the Pakistani air strikes on Thursday killed at least four people and promised an appropriate response.
The Taliban's defence ministry said the clashes took place on Sunday.
Suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan kills at least 12
At least 30 people were wounded in the bombing.
A vehicle laden with explosives rammed into a roadside checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan.
Most of the victims were security personnel.
Blast in Pakistan's Dera Ismail Khan kills several people
Police said the attack took place on Saturday in the Dera Ismail Khan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Police told Al Jazeera that at least 11 security personnel have been killed and 30 wounded in a suicide bombing at a roadside police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan.
The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement.
Recurring violence between Pakistan and Afghanistan
Pakistan accuses the Afghan government of harbouring the Pakistan Taliban (TTP) and other armed groups that have claimed responsibility for attacks inside Pakistan.
In 2021, Islamabad hailed the Taliban's return to power in Kabul as a victory.
Kabul has denied sheltering or backing fighters of the Pakistan Taliban and other armed groups.
Pakistani forces kill Afghan Taliban fighters in border escalation
Pakistani security sources said several Afghan members of the Taliban were killed in an exchange of fire in the Gulistan area of the Pakistan-Afghan border on Friday.
The Afghan government said it would deliver an "appropriate response" to Pakistani air attacks on 10 locations in Afghanistan on Thursday.
Attaullah Tarar said Pakistan's aerial and drone attacks hit "terrorist hideouts and support infrastructure including drone launching and storage sites".
Pakistani airstrikes kill four civilians in Afghanistan
The UN mission Unama confirmed that at least three civilians were killed in an earlier strike.
A group linked to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed the attack on a mosque at a police compound in northwestern Pakistan that killed at least 31 people.
Islamabad has accused Kabul of harbouring the TTP, which the Afghan Taliban government denies.
Afghanistan says three killed in Pakistani air attacks
The air attack hit the Nurgal district of Kunar province at approximately 4am local time on Monday.
A Pakistan Taliban faction said it carried out a bombing attack on a mosque at a police facility in Kohat, northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 21 people, mostly police officers.
Pakistan's Ministry of Information warned on Saturday that the country could hit fighters inside Afghanistan in response to attacks in Pakistan.