...a formerly good idea gone bad...
said Friday at least 185 Afghan non-combatants were killed or maimed during recent cross-border fighting between Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
forces and Pakistain.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a report released on Friday, March 6, that 185 civilian casualties were verified between Feb. 26 and March 5. The casualties included 56 killed and 129 maimed, mostly due to
...KABOOM!...
s and indirect fire during festivities along the border with Pakistain.
The mission said more than half of the victims, about 55% — were women and kiddies. UNAMA added that one airstrike in Barmal district of Paktika
The figures mark a higher civilian toll than similar festivities between Taliban forces and Pakistain that occurred between Oct. 10 and Oct. 17, 2025, according to the UN report.
UNAMA also said that in the last three months of 2025, at least 70 non-combatants were killed and 478 others injured in Afghanistan due to conflict-related violence.
Taliban officials claimed their forces killed at least 30 Pak soldiers during recent festivities along the disputed border, according to the reports.
Pak officials, however, said their forces inflicted heavy losses on Taliban fighters, claiming more than 100 forces of Evil were killed during retaliatory operations.
Earlier this year, between Jan. 1 and Feb. 22, another 13 non-combatants were killed and 12 maimed in airstrikes and cross-border shelling in Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province, the mission said.
The United Nations urged all parties involved in the fighting to take immediate measures to prevent civilian harm and to comply with international humanitarian law obligations to protect civilians.
Kabul claims 30 Pakistani soldiers killed in border clashes
[KhaamaPress] Kabul authorities said Taliban forces killed 30 Pakistani soldiers during clashes along the disputed Durand Line border, according to a defence ministry spokesman.
Enayatullah Khwarazmi, spokesman for the Taliban defence ministry, said the clashes occurred in Shorabak district of Kandahar province, where Taliban fighters allegedly captured a Pakistani military outpost.
He said the outpost was later destroyed with explosives after Taliban forces seized control of the position during the fighting.
Khwarazmi claimed that 30 Pakistani soldiers were killed in the clashes, including 20 who were sent to reinforce the outpost.
He also said Taliban fighters captured five Pakistani military posts in the Dand Patan area of Paktia province and entered positions known as Top Sar Khwuch Karam and Anzerki Sar.
Pakistani authorities have not officially confirmed the Taliban claim regarding the deaths of their soldiers.
However, Pakistani officials have claimed Taliban fighters also suffered casualties in border clashes, reporting that about 20 Taliban fighters were killed in fighting along the frontier.
Clashes between Taliban forces and Pakistani troops have periodically erupted along the disputed Durand Line separating Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Islamabad has repeatedly accused Taliban fighters of carrying out cross-border attacks, while Taliban authorities have blamed Pakistani forces for initiating hostilities in border regions.
Frequent exchanges of fire along the frontier have heightened tensions between the Taliban-led government in Kabul and Pakistan.
Dawn has the view from Pakistan in a liveblog:
'Righteous Fury': Operation Ghazab lil-Haq - OVERVIEW
- Pakistan launches Operation Ghazab lil-Haq on Feb 26 against the Afghan Taliban after “unprovoked firing” from across the border
- 527 Afghan Taliban personnel killed and over 755 injured since the start of the operation, says the information minister
- Pakistan’s armed forces have destroyed 237 Afghan Taliban posts and captured 38, the information minister says
- Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said they were willing to negotiate following Pakistan’s air strikes
- Turkiye will contribute to re-establishment of ceasefire, Erdogan tells PM Shehbaz
Friday March 6
The pace appears to have slowed down.
4:28pmInfo minister says 527 Afghan Taliban operatives killed, more than 755 injured
3:15pm
UN human rights chief urges Pak-Afghan ceasefire
3:13pm
Security forces destroy terrorist hideouts in Zhob, Qila Saifullah
12:23pm
Multiple posts of Afghan Taliban and Fitna al Khawarij destroyed in Kurram sector: security sources
12:54am
Security forces respond to unprovoked firing by Afghan Taliban on Kurram-Paktika border: sources