Pakistani warplanes struck navy targets inside Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia within the early hours of Friday morning, hitting Taliban brigade headquarters, command centres, and ammunition depots in what Islamabad formally designated as Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, Righteous Fury, the biggest Pakistani navy assault on Afghan territory in many years and one which has shattered a four-month ceasefire brokered by Qatar and Turkey following the deadliest cross-border clashes of the post-2021 period.
Not less than three explosions have been heard throughout Kabul earlier than daybreak, with native sources within the capital reporting navy jets overhead and a big explosion close to Pul-e-Charkhi jail east of the …