Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid announced retaliatory operations against Pakistani military posts in Kandahar and Helmand provinces between 12:15:38 AM and 12:45:29 AM UTC on February 27, 2026, following Pakistani airstrikes on Kabul, Kandahar, Nangarhar, and other areas, as stated in his X post cited by @aamajnews_EN and @khorasandiary. Mujahid described the actions as extensive responses to the strikes. Pakistani jets continued patrolling Kabul skies, prompting gunfire from the Taliban Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Defense, with reports of firings near Wazir Akbar Khan and Afghanistan's Presidential Palace, according to @AhmadSharifzad on X. Taliban forces mounted a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun on an M1152 HMMWV to target Pakistani fighter jets, per @OSINTWarfare on X. New geolocations confirmed Pakistani strikes in Kabul's Pul-e-Charkhi area at 34.561032°N, 69.367823°E and 34.564363°N, 69.369704°E, as analyzed by @Qaisalamdar on X. Pakistan Air Force targeted a weapons depot in Nangarhar Province at 34°06’01.03”N, 70°54’32.41”E, destroying the site as part of ongoing Operation Ghazab Lil Haqq, according to @War_Analysts on X at 0100 hours on February 27, 2026. No immediate Pakistani confirmation of Taliban retaliatory strikes or damage was reported. These developments follow Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja M. Asif declaring open war and prior airstrikes on Taliban bases in Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia during the preceding period ending 12:15:29 AM UTC, which destroyed multiple headquarters and depots, as confirmed by state-run media and prior reports from Global_Mil_Info and sentdefender on X.
