United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

Pakistan Launches Deadly Air Attacks on Afghanistan, Deepening Border Crisis

Pakistan has carried out airstrikes inside Afghanistan that Afghan officials and international monitors say killed civilians, including children, in a sharp escalation of cross-border hostilities. The attacks have triggered condemnation from Kabul and renewed alarm over the fragility of the Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier, where militant violence, sovereignty disputes and civilian risk are increasingly intertwined.