Overview
- Fighting continues, with AFP reporting explosions, anti‑aircraft fire and gun battles in Kabul, plus clashes near Jalalabad and at the Torkham crossing.
- UNAMA records 42 civilian deaths and 104 injuries in Afghanistan between Feb. 26 and Mar. 2, largely from indirect cross‑border fire and airstrikes, noting the figures are preliminary.
- Pakistan carried out airstrikes late last week on targets in Kabul and Kandahar, following earlier raids in eastern provinces after attacks inside Pakistan.
- Displacement is rising as roughly 16,400 families have fled in five eastern provinces, humanitarian access is constrained, and the WFP has paused food distributions affecting about 160,000 people.
- Islamabad accuses the Taliban of sheltering the TTP, Kabul denies the charge, both sides issue unverified claims of heavy enemy losses, and the U.S. states support for Pakistan’s right to self‑defence.