Pakistan’s armed forces have destroyed 182 Afghan Taliban posts and captured 31, the information minister says415 Afghan Taliban personnel killed and over 580 injured since the start of the operation, says the information ministerKarachi police have issued a public safety advisory, saying a high alert had been issued following “increased military tensions between Pakistan and Afghan Taliban forces near the Pak-Afghan border”Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said they were willing to negotiate following Pakistan’s air strikes Pakistan has acknowledged bombing key Afghan cities on Friday including the capital, Kabul, and the southern city of Kandahar, where Afghan Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is based.
The AFP cited witnesses as saying air strikes had hit the Bagram air base area, previously a US stronghold, in the country’s southeast.
Taliban officials boosted security in central Kabul on Sunday evening, with increased.The explosions in Afghanistan’s capital come as the most recent clashes between the two countries entered a fourth day. The current escalation marks the heaviest cross-border fighting in years, raising fears of a protracted conflict.
On Sunday, explosions were heard across parts of Kabul before sunrise. They were followed by bursts of gunfire, according to the Reuters news agency. It was not clear if the blasts caused any casualties.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, however, said that “Kabul residents should not be concerned.”
“Air defense attacks were carried out in Kabul against Pakistani aircraft,” Mujahid said
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