Pakistan says hit military facilities in Afghanistan
The Hindu
Pakistan conducts airstrikes on military facilities in Afghanistan, targeting Taliban hideouts amid escalating border tensions.
Pakistan said on Sunday (March 15, 2026) its forces had attacked military facilities in southern Afghanistan, as well as "terrorist hideouts", in the latest strikes between the two sides.
Security sources said troops "effectively destroyed technical support infrastructure and equipment storage facility in Kandahar", which is home to the Taliban administration's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada.
Another strike targeted a tunnel in Kandahar purportedly used by the Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani Taliban militant group or TTP, which Islamabad blames for a wave of strikes, they added.
Local residents in Kandahar told AFP they saw jet planes flying over the city and heard explosions during the night.
"Military planes flew over the mountain where there is a military facility, and an explosion followed," one said, adding flames could be seen.
An air strike was also heard in Spin Boldak, southeast of Kandahar, residents said, while authorities in the eastern border province of Khost said there were clashes on Saturday night.
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