We’re analysing footage emerging from Afghanistan this morning after Pakistan conducted strikes on two provinces and the capital, Kabul. It comes after the Afghan Taliban announced a major offensive against Pakistani military posts last night.

Pakistan faced retaliatory strikes from Taliban forces Thursday after earlier airstrikes, threatening a 2025 ceasefire agreement according to officials.

Patience has run out” over Taliban attacks, Pakistan’s defense minister said.

Pakistan has been the Afghan Taliban’s closest friend for decades. It was Islamabad that helped give birth to the Taliban in the early 1990s – as a way to give Pakistan "strategic depth" in its rivalry with India.

Pakistan has carried out airstrikes in Kabul and two other Afghan provinces, Afghanistan’s government spokesperson says

Pakistan bombed Afghanistan’s capital Kabul and two other provinces on Friday, hours after a cross-border attack. Pakistan's defence minister said there was now a state of "open war" with Afghanistan.

Patience has run out’ over Taliban attacks, Pakistan defense minister says.

Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Kabul and two other Afghan provinces early Friday, Afghanistan's government spokesperson said.