The Afghan Defense Ministry announced new airstrikes on military targets in Pakistan.

The Afghan Air Force has launched new airstrikes against military targets in Pakistan. This was announced on March 1 by the Ministry of National Defense of Afghanistan.

"Today, the Air Force of the Ministry of National Defense conducted precise and coordinated air operations against key Pakistani military installations, striking the Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi, the headquarters of the 12th Division in Quetta (Baluchistan), Khwazai camp in Mohmand district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, as well as a number of other important Pakistani military installations and command centers.", — stated in a message on the Telegram channel of the department.

It is clarified that, according to preliminary estimates, the strikes caused significant damage to the Pakistani military infrastructure. The Defense Ministry clarified that these strikes were in response to Pakistan's air attacks on Kabul and Bagram airbase, as well as a number of other areas of Afghanistan last night and in the morning.

The ministry stressed that further violations of the airspace will also be immediately suppressed by oncoming fire.

On March 1, Attaullah Tarar, Pakistan's Minister of Information and Broadcasting, announced that Afghanistan had lost 995 people killed and wounded during the conflict with Pakistan. Later that day, the AFP news agency reported on the activation of air defense systems and explosions in Kabul.

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On February 27, a new wave of retaliatory attacks by Afghan forces on posts of the military regime of Pakistan began in the areas of Zazi Maidan, Alisher and Terezai, along the Durand line. Pakistani militiamen opened fire on the Afghan military from armored tanks. The Afghan border guards responded with fire using armored vehicles and artillery.

On February 26, a representative of the Taliban movement of the 201st Khalid ibn Walid Army Corps reported that armed clashes had occurred on the border. As a result, 72 Taliban were killed on the border, and more than 100 were injured. Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has warned the Afghan government of the outbreak of an "open war."

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on February 27 that Russia was counting on a cessation of hostilities between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The presidential spokesman added that the Russian Federation is monitoring developments on the border of the two countries, while stressing that it is too early to draw any conclusions.

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