Pakistan announced on Sunday, February 22, that it conducted airstrikes against armed groups on the border with Afghanistan. The Afghan Ministry of Defense reported "dozens of civilians killed and injured" in these bombings, which Pakistan justified by "recent suicide attacks," including one in a mosque in Islamabad in early February. Tensions remain extremely high between the two countries. The spokesperson for the Taliban government in Afghanistan stated on X that Pakistan had "bombed civilians in the provinces of Nangarhar and Paktika, causing dozens of martyrs and injured, including women and children." A Pakistani security source told AFP that "more than 80" combatants were killed in the strikes, a figure that could not be independently verified by French press agency journalists in Afghanistan.