Pakistani airstrikes target Kabul once again
Explosions and gunfire were reported in several parts of Kabul on Sunday, including Darul Aman, areas near the airport and Karte Naw, according to local sources.
Residents said they heard repeated blasts and sustained shooting, though the cause was not immediately clear.
The Taliban’s Defense Ministry said in a statement that anti-aircraft fire had been directed at Pakistani aircraft over Kabul and urged residents not to be alarmed.
The incidents come as clashes between Taliban and Pakistan have entered a fourth day, with both sides reporting air and ground operations along the border and issuing competing claims of casualties.
Breaking News – Pakistani airstrikes targeted parts of Kabul once again as Taliban-Pakistan clashes enter fourth day.
The Taliban defense ministry confirmed the airstrikes, saying anti-aircraft fire was directed at Pakistani aircraft. pic.twitter.com/zsOZlYfdWm
— Amu TV (@AmuTelevision) March 1, 2026This comes as Pakistan carried out overnight strikes in parts of Kabul and at Bagram Air Base in the early hours of Saturday night and in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Witnesses told Amu TV that fighter jets began patrolling and launching intermittent strikes around 8:30 p.m. in neighborhoods of the Eighth Police District and Karte Naw in eastern Kabul. Residents described repeated explosions and sustained gunfire that continued until about 6 a.m.
On Sunday morning, Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s chief spokesman, acknowledged that Pakistani aircraft were flying over Kabul and said Taliban forces had carried out what he described as defensive anti-aircraft fire.
Residents said the repeated blasts and aerial patrols had disrupted daily life in the capital.
“For four nights we have not slept,” one Kabul resident said. “The planes circle until morning and bomb the city. We have no peace even in our homes.”
Another resident said the situation was frightening and that families were afraid to leave their houses at night.
At the same time, local sources said Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul in Parwan province, was also targeted. Several explosions were heard from inside the base, and nearby residents said they fled their homes out of fear. Taliban officials have not publicly commented on the reported strike on Bagram.
The overnight attacks come amid a broader escalation that began Thursday night, Feb. 26, when clashes intensified along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Since then, both sides have reported air and ground operations in multiple provinces.
The Taliban said their forces carried out retaliatory ground assaults late Saturday in Kandahar, Paktia, Khost and Nangarhar provinces, claiming that four Pakistani border posts were seized and 32 Pakistani soldiers killed. The claims could not be independently verified.
Taliban officials also accused Pakistan of shelling residential areas in Dand Patan district of Paktia and Ghani Khil district of Nangarhar.
Pakistan has presented sharply different figures. Officials in Islamabad have claimed that in the past 28 hours Pakistani forces struck more than 41 aerial targets inside Afghanistan and killed more than 350 Taliban fighters.
As the airstrikes intensified, sources told Amu TV that Taliban intelligence officials ordered domestic media outlets not to publish details or footage of sites targeted by Pakistani attacks.
The expanding confrontation has left residents in Kabul and border provinces bracing for further violence, with neither side signaling a willingness to de-escalate.