Pakistan conducts new strikes at Afghanistan’s military facilities

15-Mar-2026

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Pakistan says its forces launched new strikes overnight inside Afghanistan that “successfully” targeted military installations and “terrorist hideouts” as tensions between the South Asian neighbours mount.

State-run Pakistan Television on March 15 said the military “effectively” destroyed technical support infrastructure and an equipment storage facility in southern Kandahar province, which were being used “by Afghan Taliban and terrorists against innocent Pakistani civilians”.

In another strike, Pakistani forces hit a tunnel in Kandahar that housed technical equipment of the Afghan Taliban and “Fitna al-Khawarij”, a term Islamabad uses to designate the Pakistani Taliban armed group.

The military said its operation would continue until the Taliban government in Afghanistan addressed Pakistan’s core security concerns.

Local residents in Kandahar told AFP news agency they saw jet planes flying over the city and heard explosions during the night.