The Taliban movement has shifted to offensive operations along the Pakistan–Afghanistan border following air strikes by the Pakistan Air Force, Al Jazeera reports. Clashes have erupted in the border districts of Kurram and Bajaur, prompting local residents to flee amid fears of being caught in crossfire. According to TOLOnews, the Taliban has seized eight posts belonging to the Pakistani army.
Afghanistan’s eastern army corps said that “heavy fighting” began late on Thursday evening “in response to recent air strikes by Pakistani forces in the provinces of Nangarhar and Paktia.” Sources cited by TOLOnews say that both light and heavy weapons are being used in the fighting.
The escalation comes against the backdrop of a recent collapse of ceasefire arrangements. In October 2025, the sides signed an agreement in Doha after weeks of border clashes, but the truce proved short-lived. Soon after the meeting in the Qatari capital, the Pakistani movement Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan attacked a military convoy, and the following day the Pakistan Air Force carried out an air strike on Kabul, where it said one of the Taliban group’s leaders was located.