Pakistan Air Force conducted airstrikes targeting Pul-e-Charkhi division, Paktia corps, Kandahar corps, two brigade headquarters in Kabul, one in Kandahar, and one corps HQ in Kandahar between 9:45 PM and 10:15 PM UTC on February 26, 2026, in response to Afghan Taliban border attacks, according to ZawiaNews and AnasMallick on X. Multiple heavy explosions and gunfire sounded across Kabul, with no casualty details released. Afghan Ministry of National Defense announced the end of retaliatory operations against Pakistani posts along the Durand Line near Paktika, Paktia, Khost, Nangarhar, Kunar and Nuristan, stating 55 Pakistani soldiers killed, two headquarters and 19 posts captured at 12:00 midnight, as posted by FitratHamd, khorasandiary and EnayatKhowarazm on X. The ministry reported seizing dozens of weapons, destroying one tank and capturing a military vehicle, with 8 Afghan fighters killed and 11 injured, plus 13 civilians wounded in a Nangarhar rocket attack. Eyewitnesses reported sounds of aircraft, intensive bombing and continuous gunfire around Kabul's Green Zone and Darul Aman area after three attacks, per TOLOnews, aamajnews_EN, AlArabiya_Brk and AJABreaking on X. Local sources confirmed strikes on Taliban centers in Khost, Paktia and Kabul, according to Mohsin_o2 and MahazOfficial1, with the Taliban yet to comment officially. These strikes follow a heavy explosion in Kabul reported earlier between 9:15 PM and 9:45 PM UTC and prior Pakistani Operation Ghazab Lil Haqq actions destroying a Nangarhar depot and killing 72 Taliban, as stated by Tarar Attaullah and PTVNewsOfficial in previous updates. Afghan forces claimed objectives achieved in four-hour operations starting at 8:00 PM.
