Local sources reported explosions in Paktika’s Margha area, Urgun area, and Nangarhar’s Khugiani area between 8:15 PM and 8:45 PM UTC on February 21, 2026, as Pakistani airstrikes continued targeting Taliban-linked sites in Afghanistan, according to X posts from @khorasandiary and @zarrar_11PK. A seminary in Margha was hit, and a camp of Majlis-e-Askari Karwan militants was destroyed. Afghan media shared footage of heavy aircraft activity over multiple areas, with loud explosions confirmed at various locations across the country, per @zarrar_11PK. These developments follow earlier strikes on Banusi Madrasa in Birmal district's Murgha area between 7:15 PM and 8:15 PM UTC, which killed over 10, as previously reported by TOLOnews and @Mohsin_o2. A drone was spotted over Kabul, with resident footage showing an unmanned aerial vehicle, noted by @zarrar_11PK, amid Taliban acknowledgments of lacking airspace control. Neither Pakistan nor Afghanistan has officially verified the incidents during this 29-minute window.
