Operation Righteous Fury

Pakistani warplanes struck military targets inside Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia in the early hours of Friday morning, hitting Taliban brigade headquarters, command centres, and ammunition depots in what Islamabad formally designated as Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, Righteous Fury, the largest Pakistani military assault on Afghan territory in decades and one that has shattered a four-month ceasefire brokered by Qatar and Turkey following the deadliest cross-border clashes of the post-2021 era.

At least three explosions were heard across Kabul before dawn, with local sources in the capital reporting military jets overhead and a large explosion near Pul-e-Charkhi prison east of the …