Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Pakistani Ambassador in Kabul on February 22, 2026, to protest Pakistani military airstrikes on eastern provinces including Nangarhar's Behsud district, where a bomb hit a civilian home in Gardi Kats area last night, according to Khorasan Diary and Zawia News reports posted between 12:15 PM and 2:15 PM UTC. Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Border Outfit eliminated seven terrorists from Fitna Al Khawarij near Cade College in Pishin at the Afghan border during the reporting window, with six killed in intense fire exchange and one suicide bomber detonating himself after the group was tracked from the Pak-Afghan border, as stated by @zarrar_11PK on X. Some reports claim civilian casualties in the airstrikes, countered by assertions that those killed were in an IED manufacturing facility, per @War_Analysts quoting Al Jazeera. In India, officials confirmed three Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists killed in a Kishtwar district encounter on February 22, 2026, with the Army reaffirming resolve for a terror-free Jammu and Kashmir, according to PTI News posted at approximately 1:30 PM UTC. This updates prior reports of two JeM terrorists neutralized earlier that morning in the Passerkut area by Indian Army's White Knight Corps, Jammu and Kashmir Police, and CRPF. The Afghan summons follows widespread condemnation of the Pakistani airstrike on the civilian home, with demands for international investigation into Pakistan's aggression, as reported by Zawia News citing Obaid Afghan's Facebook video. Pakistan maintains the strikes targeted militants involved in explosives production.
