Fighting resumes between Pakistan and Afghanistan after ceasefire ends; 2 dead
The article reports renewed fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan after a ceasefire expired, with casualties reported on both sides. It details conflicting accounts of who initiated the hostilities and mentions past tensions involving airstrikes and militant groups.
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“Renewed fighting has erupted along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan after a temporary ceasefire expired, killing at least two civilians and wounding eight others in eastern Afghanistan”
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— An armed conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan began in late February 2026 following Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan's Nangarhar, Paktika, and Khost provinces. Pakistan said the strikes target…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Afghanistan–Pakistan_conf…
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— The Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes are a series of armed clashes consisting of cross-border airstrikes and exchanges of gunfire between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Pa…
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— Afghanistan and Pakistan have maintained diplomatic relations since 1948. Following the independence of Dominion of Pakistan through the partition of British India in August 1947, the Kingdom of Afgha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan–Pakistan_relations
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“Pakistani forces fired dozens of artillery shells into the Narai and Sarkano districts, killing two civilians and wounding eight others after the ceasefire expired”
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“Afghan border forces destroyed three Pakistani military posts and killed one person”
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“The pause in hostilities followed Pakistani strikes that the Afghan Taliban government said hit a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, killing more than 400 people”
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— On 16 March 2026, Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital, a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, Afghanistan, was destroyed amid airstrikes carried out by the Pakistan Air Force during the 2026 Afghanistan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Kabul_hospital_airstrike
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— The Afghan conflict (Pashto: دافغانستان جنګونه; Dari: درگیری افغانستان) is the series of events that have kept Afghanistan in a near-continuous state of armed conflict since the 1970s. Early instabili…
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— The Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes are a series of armed clashes consisting of cross-border airstrikes and exchanges of gunfire between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Pa…
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“Pakistan has denied targeting civilians, saying it struck an ammunition depot”
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“The Pakistani Taliban (TTP) resumed attacks inside Pakistan after observing its own three-day Eid ceasefire”
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“The TTP has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States and the United Nations”
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“Pakistan accuses Kabul of sheltering TTP leaders and thousands of members who carry out cross-border attacks”
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“Kabul denies the charge, but Pakistan has vowed to continue targeting TTP and its supporters inside Afghanistan”
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