Afghan-Pakistan conflict (Feb 2026): News & Updates
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MoD AFGHANISTAN -
In continuation of the ongoing "RejectOppression" retaliatory operation
At about 5:00 PM today, Afghan Air Forces carried out an airstrike on the Pakistani military’s strategic center, "Hamza" in Faizabad, Islamabad.
The attack precisely targeted the command center and other critical installations of the facility using drones, causing heavy casualties and substantial material losses to enemy forces.
The Headline is quite something. Even certain pro-left news media framed things better.
There's a theory doing the rounds of X that Pahalgam was either instigated by the US or they had previous information about it .
Now the question being asked is why ? What does the US gain from this ? The theory goes that Modi would definitely retaliate & in doing so the Paxtani establishment would obviously approach Trump to defuse the situation.
Result - Paxtan owed the US which in turn would get the former to dance to its tunes. First & foremost would be relations with China would be on the backburner.
Secondly the planning was if the 12 day war last year went out of hand Fauji Foundation would be encouraged to open up a front against Iran.
As an aside if you recall Paxtan & Iran saw some serious exchanges in 2024 over allegations that Fauji Foundation was supporting Balochi terrorists in Iran.
Fauji Foundation as usual took some time to understand why Trump was singling out Paxtan for special treatment over India what with the sanctions in place last year & Trump administration officials bad mouthing the Modi government & India.
Speculations are the present Paxtan Afghanistan war especially the latest escalation is to prevent KSA from invoking their mutual security pact & get Paxtan to open up a front against Iran .
Since Congress & MMS don't rule India any more meaning 26x11 type strikes aren't possible , Fauji Foundation opted for Afghanistan. I'm not sure if this a wise move too.
Truth be told I'm not endorsing this line of thought nor am I outrightly dismissing it After all there were strong rumours 26x11 was engineered by Fauji Foundation to prevent them from being dragged further into the US's War on Terror in Afghanistan & complicating Fauji Foundation's relationship with these same terorist groups it had help birth & nurture.
India didn't rise upto the bait for a whole host of reasons especially the lack of preparedness of our armed forces , the familiar N blackmail which got dhotis & suits in South Block soiled & so on but also because the US leaned heavily on the MMS government especially the Italian to exercise restraint.
Now the question being asked is why ? What does the US gain from this ? The theory goes that Modi would definitely retaliate & in doing so the Paxtani establishment would obviously approach Trump to defuse the situation.
Result - Paxtan owed the US which in turn would get the former to dance to its tunes. First & foremost would be relations with China would be on the backburner.
Secondly the planning was if the 12 day war last year went out of hand Fauji Foundation would be encouraged to open up a front against Iran.
As an aside if you recall Paxtan & Iran saw some serious exchanges in 2024 over allegations that Fauji Foundation was supporting Balochi terrorists in Iran.
Fauji Foundation as usual took some time to understand why Trump was singling out Paxtan for special treatment over India what with the sanctions in place last year & Trump administration officials bad mouthing the Modi government & India.
Speculations are the present Paxtan Afghanistan war especially the latest escalation is to prevent KSA from invoking their mutual security pact & get Paxtan to open up a front against Iran .
Since Congress & MMS don't rule India any more meaning 26x11 type strikes aren't possible , Fauji Foundation opted for Afghanistan. I'm not sure if this a wise move too.
Truth be told I'm not endorsing this line of thought nor am I outrightly dismissing it After all there were strong rumours 26x11 was engineered by Fauji Foundation to prevent them from being dragged further into the US's War on Terror in Afghanistan & complicating Fauji Foundation's relationship with these same terorist groups it had help birth & nurture.
India didn't rise upto the bait for a whole host of reasons especially the lack of preparedness of our armed forces , the familiar N blackmail which got dhotis & suits in South Block soiled & so on but also because the US leaned heavily on the MMS government especially the Italian to exercise restraint.
Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai says he "condemns in the strongest possible terms" the Pakistani bombing in Kabul.
The Taliban claims 400+ people were killed; Pakistan denies this figure and claims it was a military installation. The Norwegian Refugee Council independently confirmed hundreds of dead civilians at the site.
I wonder how Taliban will take this.
While it doesn't rely on a any popular support from civilians for its rule... If it fails to punish pakistan for this, than their whole "Fight for Afghanistan" foundation will be in matters.
That's an organisation that fought for outsiders against outsiders. As for pak.. the way I see it, various groups just got the best recruitment material against Pakistan.
Fighting resumes between Pakistan and Afghanistan after temporary ceasefire ends, killing 2
Officials say renewed fighting has erupted along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan after a temporary ceasefire expired, killing at least two civilians and wounding eight others in eastern Afghanistan.
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4 killed in mortar, rocket attacks by Pakistan in Afghanistan: 70 injured; Islamabad dismsses the involvement claims as 'blatant lie'
Islamabad dismisses Pakistan attack claims. Latest Updates. Mortar and rocket attacks launched by Pakistan against neighbour Afghanistan killed four people on Monday and injured 70 more, Afghan Taliban’s Deputy Spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat said in a post on X.
Mortar and rocket attacks launched by Pakistan against neighbour Afghanistan killed four people on Monday and injured 70 more, Afghan Taliban’s Deputy Spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat said in a post on X.
