The Pakistan defence minister's declaration of "open war" between his country and Afghanistan seemed both unexpected and inevitable. It's unexpected because Pakistan and the Taliban were once close ...

Pakistan’s ongoing military campaign against Afghanistan, initiated by airstrikes in late February 2026 targeting hideouts of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State–Khorasan Province ...

The eruption of tensions across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in mid-October – marked by a week of cross-border shelling and gunfire that killed dozens – was not an aberration. Pakistan’s relations ...

Pakistani military jets on December 24 conducted air strikes inside Afghanistan, targeting suspected hideouts of the Islamist militant group Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The TTP positions targeted ...

The current conflict is the most serious since the Taliban’s return in 2021. Yet it is also a logical extension of the never-ending tensions between the two countries. Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S.