Pakistan says it intercepted four drones fired from Afghanistan
Key takeaways
- Afghan defence ministry says it carried out ‘air strikes’ in Pakistan’s Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.
- The latest escalation in the months of conflict between the neighbours came after the Taliban government vowed a response to deadly Pakistani air attacks on eastern Afghanistan earlier in the week.
- “If the Afghan Taliban continue to provoke Pakistan, they would receive a befitting response which would cost them heavily,” it added.
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Afghan defence ministry says it carried out ‘air strikes’ in Pakistan’s Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Members of the Balochistan Constabulary police force guard a road leading to the Chaman Border Terminal, following exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces, at the border crossing between the two countries in Chaman, Pakistan, February 28, 2026 [File: Abdul Khaliq Achakzai/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff and AFPPublished On 1 Jul 20261 Jul 2026Afghanistan’s Taliban says they have launched air strikes on Pakistani territory, as Islamabad said its forces had intercepted four rudimentary drones in the southern province of Balochistan.
The latest escalation in the months of conflict between the neighbours came after the Taliban government vowed a response to deadly Pakistani air attacks on eastern Afghanistan earlier in the week.