The blasts in the Afghan capital were heard alongside anti-aircraft weapons and gunfire from across the city, and came as the Afghan defence ministry said "the fighting is still ongoing" against Pakistani forces. An AFP journalist in Jalalabad city, between Kabul and the frontier, reported hearing explosions and various weapons being fired.

Pakistan has declared open war on the Afghan Taliban, launching airstrikes on Kabul, Kandahar, and other key targets after Taliban forces attacked border posts in a major escalation along the disputed Durand Line.

An explosion followed by successive gunfire were heard in central Kabul on Sunday, AFP journalists reported, with the Taliban government saying Afghan forces were shooting at a fresh incursion by Pakistani aircraft.

Pakistan bombed major cities in Afghanistan including the capital Kabul on February 27, 2026 but a widely shared video supposedly depicting the air strikes is unrelated. The misrepresented clip is

Daily life in Kabul continued Monday, for the fourth consecutive day, under the shadow of the night bombings due to the war with Islamabad and the panic of shortage among residents due to the closure of the trade routes with Pakistan and the instability of neighboring Iran.

Kabul claims 55 civilians were killed in fighting sparked by retaliatory operations along the border, while Pakistan says more than 400 Afghan Taliban forces have died and denies targeting civilians.

Pakistan has accused Afghanistan of harbouring Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, a charge Kabul denies. Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif described the situation as “open war”, while Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani warned the conflict would be “very costly”.

Pakistán llevó a cabo una serie de ataques aéreos en Kabul y en otras dos provincias afganas la madrugada del viernes, anunció el portavoz del gobierno de Afganistán, horas después de que Afganistán l