Explosion hits Taliban’s interior ministry in Kabul

Explosion hits Taliban’s interior ministry in Kabul as tensions with Pakistan escalate
The attack comes just days after the Taliban’s acting minister of refugees and repatriation, Khalil Haqqani, was killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul. The senior member of the powerful Haqqani network and uncle of the Taliban’s interior minister and senior leader Sirajuddin Haqqani was killed in a major attack inside the ministry.
Afghan Taliban forces hit 'several points' in Pakistan in response to air strikes, Kabul says
Afghanistan's Taliban has targeted a number of points in neighbouring Pakistan, Kabul's defence ministry said Saturday, in what seems to be a response to an aerial bombardment carried out by Pakistani aircraft on Afghan territory a few days ago.
Pakistan air strikes kill 46 in Afghanistan, Kabul says
Pakistan air strikes in an eastern border region of Afghanistan killed 46 civilians, the Taliban government said Wednesday, whilst a Pakistan security official said the bombardment had targeted "terrorist hideouts".
Pakistani airstrikes kill 46 people in eastern Afghanistan, mostly women and children, Taliban official says
On Wednesday, the Pakistani military said security forces killed 13 insurgents in an overnight operation in an intelligence-based operation in South Waziristan.
Airstrikes target suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan
Officials say rare Pakistani airstrikes have targeted multiple suspected hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban inside neighboring Afghanistan, dismantling a training facility and killing some insurgents.
Afghan Taliban forces target 'several points' in Pakistan in retaliation for airstrikes - Afghan defence ministry
Afghan Taliban forces targeted "several points" in neighbouring Pakistan, Afghanistan's defence ministry said on Saturday, days after Pakistani aircraft carried out aerial bombardment inside Afghanistan.
Conflict erupts between Pakistan and Taliban in Afghanistan
Afghan Taliban forces have targeted “several locations” in neighboring Pakistan. This comes a few days after Pakistani planes carried out strikes on camps in Afghanistan, according to Reuters and France 24.
Pakistan Soldier Killed In Border Clash With Afghan Forces: Security Source
A Pakistani paramilitary soldier was killed and seven others wounded in cross-border exchanges of fire with Afghanistan's forces, a security source said Saturday, while hundreds of Afghans protested against the deadly air strikes that sparked the clashes.
Pakistani solider killed, 11 wounded in firing by Afghan Taliban forces
A Pakistan paramilitary soldier was killed and 11 others injured when Afghan Taliban forces fired on Pakistani border posts in Upper Kurram district. The clash followed Pakistan’s strikes against TTP militants in Afghanistan.
Taliban forces strike several points in Pak as retaliation
Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry said on Saturday that its forces hit several points inside Pakistan in retaliation for deadly air strikes last week. A pro-Taliban media outlet, Hurriyet Daily News, reported ministry sources as saying that the strikes killed 19 Pakistani troops and that three Afghan civilians died in the violence.
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