Pakistan and Afghanistan have traded attacks in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the countries. Follow The Hindu for more updates.

Both sides say Pakistan has bombed targets in Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia in an escalation of recent tit-for-tat attacks.

Afghanistan and Pakistan are fighting again, trading deadly shelling and mortar fire across their rugged border, with Pakistan’s defense minister saying his country’s patience had “run out” and

Pakistan bombed major Afghan cities and declared "open war" after Afghanistan's Taliban rulers claimed an unprecedented aerial attack on Islamabad.

Pakistan Airstrike on Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia: Early Friday morning, explosions and aircraft sounds were heard in Kabul, just hours after Afghanistan claimed it had attacked Pakistani border posts.

Pakistan previously nurtured the Taliban’s senior ranks, training and financing the Islamist group through its intelligence services and sheltering them during the 20-year Nato occupation of Afghanistan. But Islamabad now views its one-time proxy, whose return to power in 2021 was celebrated by Pakistani officials, as its chief security threat.