The attacks come two weeks after Pakistan bombed Kabul on February 27, at the beginning of the current escalation between both countries, which has already left dozens dead on both sides. While international attention remains focused on the Middle East following US and Israeli attacks on Iran and the regional escalation that has ignited the Gulf,

Afghanistan claimed an airstrike on Pakistan's military facility, "Hamza," located in Islamabad's Faizabad. However, Pakistani authorities reported intercepting two explosive drones, with one crashing near Faizabad.

Afghanistan claimed it struck Pakistan's Hamza military center in Islamabad and destroyed key installations, as hostilities between the two neighbors intensify following recent airstrikes and cross-border clashes.

Pakistan bombed the fuel depot of private airline Kam Air near Afghanistan's airport of Kandahar, the ruling Taliban said on Friday, stepping up the

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.”

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.

The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the operation, stating that the drone strike caused both material damage and casualties at the Hamza military base in central Islamabad. Independent verification of these claims has not yet been possible.

Taliban say they carried out coordinated air strikes on Pakistani military targets, including a site near Islamabad, as tensions between the two countries sharply escalate.