KABUL:<\/strong> Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government has reportedly carried out airstrikes against what it described as Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K\/ISKP) hideouts inside Pakistan, marking a significant escalation in cross-border tensions following recent attacks on Afghan territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to reports by international media outlets, including Reuters<\/em>, Associated Press (AP)<\/em>, Al Jazeera<\/em>, and The Times of India<\/em>, the strikes came after Afghanistan accused Pakistan of conducting air raids that killed civilians inside Afghan territory. Taliban officials have described the operation as a response to repeated violations of Afghanistan’s sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Afghan authorities said the operation targeted ISIS-K militants and other groups they claim pose security threats from across the border. However, Pakistani authorities have not publicly confirmed the Afghan claims regarding the targets or the extent of any damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pakistani officials have previously stated that their military operations were aimed at militant groups responsible for attacks inside Pakistan, while the Taliban administration has accused Islamabad of carrying out strikes that resulted in civilian casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Independent verification of the reported Afghan airstrikes remains limited. Neither the number of casualties nor the full extent of the damage has been independently confirmed. Analysts caution that conflicting claims from both sides make it difficult to establish the exact sequence of events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Security experts warn that the latest exchange of cross-border strikes could further destabilize the Afghanistan\u2013Pakistan frontier, where both governments have repeatedly accused each other of allowing militant groups to operate from their respective territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The developments underscore the deteriorating security relationship between Kabul and Islamabad, raising concerns about the potential for further military escalation in an already volatile region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government has reportedly carried out airstrikes against what it described as Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K\/ISKP) hideouts inside Pakistan, marking a significant escalation in cross-border tensions following recent attacks on Afghan territory. According to reports by international media outlets, including Reuters, Associated Press (AP), Al Jazeera, and The Times of India, the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"yoast_head":"\n