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Residents describe panic as Pakistan attacks Afghanistan in ‘open war’

Residents of Kabul, Afghanistan are cleaning up broken glass and describing how they tried to run to safety.

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Residents of the Behsud district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, inspect the damage caused by a Pakistani strike on February 22, 2026. [Hedayat Shah/AP Photo]

Afghan men search for victims after an overnight Pakistani airstrike on a residential area in Nangarhar province

People search for victims after a Pakistani strike hit a residential area in Girdi Kas village of Behsud district, Nangarhar. [Aimal Zahir/AFP]

Afghan men search for victims after an overnight Pakistani airstrike hit a residential area in the Girdi Kas village

Nangarhar police told the AFP news agency that the bombardment started about midnight (19:30 GMT on Saturday) and hit three districts. [Aimal Zahir/AFP]

Islamabad says it targeted armed groups that have carried out attacks in Pakistan, but Kabul has repeatedly denied allowing armed groups to use Afghan territory to stage attacks in Pakistan. [Reuters]

People surround the coffins of victims during a mass burial at Girdi Kas village in Behsud. [AFP]

People dig a mass grave for the victims killed in Pakistani strikes in Girdi Kas village. [AFP]

Taliban security officials and local residents inspect the scene of the air strikes near the Pakistan-Afghan border in Nangarhar. [Samiullah Popal/EPA]

Afghanistan's Defence Ministry says it will "deliver an appropriate and calculated response" to the Pakistani strikes. [Reuters]

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Residents describe panic as Pakistan attacks Afghanistan in ‘open war’

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Where has Pakistan struck in Afghanistan?

Photos: Afghanistan-Pakistan stokes concern in Karachi

Afghanistan launches attacks against Pakistan, draws ‘immediate response’

New Afghan, Pakistani border clashes follow deadly strikes

Afghanistan bombing: What’s Pakistan’s strategy as India-Taliban ties grow?

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