
Pak's Nur Khan base, under repair after Op Sindoor, struck by Taliban
India Today
Taliban forces reportedly launched armed drone strikes targeting Pakistan's Command and Control Centre at Nur Khan Air Base in Rawalpindi. Taliban forces carried out drone strikes on 12th division headquarters in Quetta, and other Pakistani military locations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalated sharply after Afghan Taliban forces reportedly launched armed drone strikes targeting Pakistan’s Command and Control Centre at Nur Khan Air Base in Rawalpindi.
According to the official X account of Afghanistan’s Ministry of National Defense, Taliban forces carried out drone strikes on 12th division headquarters in Quetta, and other Pakistani military locations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the official X account of Afghanistan’s Ministry of National Defense, Taliban forces carried out drone strikes on 12th division headquarters in Quetta, and other Pakistani military locations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
"Today, the Air Force of the Ministry of National Defense conducted precise and coordinated aerial operations against key military installations in Pakistan targeting the Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi, the 12th Division headquarters in Quetta (Balochistan), the Khwazai Camp in the Mohmand Agency of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as well as several other significant Pakistani military facilities and command centers," the ministry said. The X handle of the Afghanistan’s Ministry of National Defense shared the drone's footage.
Earlier, Taliban officials claimed that a Pakistani fighter jet was shot down in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. The pilot was reportedly captured alive after parachuting from the aircraft, news agency AFP reported. Local residents told AFP that the pilot was detained shortly after landing.
The developments come amid large-scale cross-border hostilities between the two countries.
On Friday, Pakistan launched airstrikes on the Afghan capital Kabul and the southern city of Kandahar, where Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is based. A Pakistani government spokesperson stated that 133 Taliban fighters were killed, more than 200 were injured, and several posts were destroyed or captured.

On March 18, Israel struck a gas field in Iran. Tehran responded in a matter of hours, striking refineries in several Gulf countries. What explains this sharp, quick counter-attack capability of a country whose military infrastructure has supposedly been severely degraded? The answer lies in a cheap drone and a dispersed military.












