Pakistani airstrike targeted TTP leader Noor Wali Mehsud in Kabul, igniting deadly violence. Mehsud resurfaced alive, deepening Islamabad's security challenges with Afghan Taliban ties.

The Taliban responded with contradictory stances in the effort to rescue women and girls who were wounded and left homeless. That's a reflection of tensions between hardliners and pragmatists.

Pakistan’s prime minister said yesterday that “the ball is in the Afghan Taliban’s court” for a permanent ceasefire, a day after a 48-hour truce was called in the wake of deadly cross-border clashes.

QALA I NAW (Afghanistan): Taliban authorities publicly executed a man in western Afghanistan on Thursday who had been convicted of two murders, the country’s Supreme Court said. The man was executed in front of crowds at a sports stadium in Qala-i-Naw, the capital of Badghis province, the Supreme Court said in a statement.

Afghanistan’s Taliban government and Pakistan traded fire overnight, marking one of the deadliest border clashes since the fall of Kabul in 2021.

The United Nations on Thursday urged Pakistan and Afghanistan to bring “a lasting end to hostilities” to protect civilians, after days of fighting killed dozens of people in both countries and injured hundreds more.

Pakistani troops were on high alert on the border with Afghanistan on Monday after fierce fighting between the two sides at the weekend left dozens dead and drew the attention of U.S. President Donald Trump,