Pakistan strikes alleged militant camps in Afghanistan

Tooba Khan, Bloomberg News on Feb 22, 2026

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Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalated this weekend after Islamabad launched a series of cross-border air strikes on Afghanistan’s eastern border.

“Last night, they bombed our civilian compatriots in Nangarhar and Paktika provinces, martyring and wounding dozens of people, including women and children,” Zabihullah Mujahid, Afghanistan’s government spokesperson, said in a post on X on Sunday morning.

Earlier, Pakistan said it conducted intelligence-based operations against seven militant camps and hideouts along the Afghan border. The strikes targeted militants from the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Islamic State of Khorsan Province, which Pakistan blames for a recent wave of suicide attacks.

Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Pakistan’s ambassador in Kabul in response to the strikes, according to a post on X.

“Pakistan expects and reiterates interim Afghan Government to fulfil its obligations and deny use of its soil by Khwarij and terrorists against Pakistan as the safety and security of people of Pakistan comes first and foremost,” the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said in a post on X.

Tensions have been high ever since Pakistan accused the Taliban of hosting militant groups that plan attacks in Pakistan. The neighboring nations failed to extend a truce brokered by Qatar and Turkey in October last year, despite meeting twice to end cross-border attacks that killed several soldiers on both sides.