United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

Pakistan Launches Deadly Airstrikes in Afghanistan, Deepening Border Crisis

Pakistan has launched airstrikes inside Afghanistan that Afghan officials and the Taliban say killed civilians, including children, in a sharp escalation along one of South Asia’s most volatile frontiers. The strikes have triggered condemnation from Kabul and renewed alarm over the risk of a wider confrontation between the two neighbors, whose relations have deteriorated over militant sanctuaries, border security and cross-border attacks.