Overview
- The Afghan Defence Ministry posted on X that its air force carried out overnight strikes on alleged ISKP hideouts in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, naming sites in Qila Abdullah, Chagai and Orakzai.
- Pakistan’s Information Ministry called the Afghan statement false and released an image it said shows a downed rudimentary Taliban drone near Shinko that Pakistan Air Force air defences neutralised.
- Independent verification is not available because the Taliban did not provide casualty figures, footage or operational details and international reporting has not confirmed strikes inside Pakistan.
- The exchange continues a months‑long cycle of cross‑border operations that included Pakistan’s Operation Ghazab Lil‑Haq and recent Pakistani air raids that Kabul says killed civilians.
- United Nations and aid agencies report large displacement and civilian harm in the border region with about 94,000 newly displaced people and strained diplomatic mediation that so far has not produced a durable ceasefire.