{"id":3857,"date":"2026-03-02T04:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=3857"},"modified":"2026-03-02T04:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T04:05:00","slug":"128935227-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=3857","title":{"rendered":"Taliban strike multiple military bases in Pakistan; strategic Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi hit &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<div class=\"LVN95\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-128935213,imgsize-813946,width-400,resizemode-4\/128935213.jpg\" title=\"'Pak Posts, Soldiers Captured': PAF Bombs Kabul &amp; Kandahar After Taliban Stun Pak With Border Blitz\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdersrc=\"\" placeholdermsid=\"\" msid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" alt=\"'Pak Posts, Soldiers Captured': PAF Bombs Kabul &amp; Kandahar After Taliban Stun Pak With Border Blitz\" class=\"undefined\"\/><\/div>\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  \" style=\"top:0px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Afghan Air Force\u2019s drone aircraft carried out strikes on key Pakistani military installations, including the Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi, the 12th Corps headquarters in Quetta, the Khowizoo Camp in Mohmand Agency of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and the Ghulni military bases, all considered important defence facilities and operational centres.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>In a social media post on X, Afghanistan&#8217;s defence ministry said that the operations were carried out in response to the recent aerial incursions by the Pakistani military.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"k7lcu\">\n<p>&#8216;Pak Posts, Soldiers Captured&#8217;: PAF Bombs Kabul &amp; Kandahar After Taliban Stun Pak With Border Blitz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>&#8220;Today, the Air Force of the Ministry of National Defense conducted precise and coordinated aerial operations against key military installations in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/pakistan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Pakistan<\/a> targeting the Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi, the 12th Division headquarters in Quetta (Balochistan), the Khwazai Camp in the Mohmand Agency of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as well as several other significant Pakistani military facilities and command centers,&#8221; the ministry said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>&#8220;Based on preliminary assessments, the strikes successfully caused significant damage to the intended targets. These operations were carried out in response to the recent aerial incursions by the Pakistani military, which struck Kabul, Bagram, and several other regions last night and earlier today. It should be emphasized that any further violations of our airspace or acts of aggression by hostile Pakistani elements will be met with a swift, decisive, and proportionate response, Inshallah,&#8221; it added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Afghanistan also shared a video of a kamikaze drone and images of Pakistani air base.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Tit-for-tat between neighbours<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>This comes after Pakistan bombed major cities in Afghanistan, including capital Kabul, with Islamabad\u2019s defence minister declaring the neighbours at \u201copen war\u201d following months of tit-for-tat clashes.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>Pakistan claimed to have killed more than 270 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/taliban\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Taliban<\/a> fighters and injured over 400 others in airstrikes while Afghanistan\u2019s Taliban govt spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said its forces killed 55 Pakistani soldiers and targeted what he described as \u201cimportant military objectives\u201d inside Pakistan.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>Pakistan\u2019s defence minister <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/khawaja-asif\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Khawaja Asif<\/a> said Pakistan made every effort to keep the situation normal through direct means and through friendly countries, and it also engaged in full-fledged diplomacy, but the \u201cTaliban became a proxy for India\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/>The Afghan Taliban attacked several check posts along the border late Thursday, apparently to avenge the air strikes carried out by Pakistan in Afghanistan\u2019s border areas. Pakistan responded by hitting targets in Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia under \u2018Operation Ghazab lil Haq\u2019 early Friday. <!-- -->The 2,611kmlong border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is known as the Durand Line, which Kabul has not formally recognised.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/>In recent days, tit-for-tat military actions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have escalated, with several rounds of exchange of fire. Earlier, Afghan forces also claimed to have shot down a Pakistani fighter jet over Jalalabad and captured its pilot alive.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"43\"\/>&#8220;A Pakistani fighter jet was shot down in the sixth district of Jalalabad city, and its pilot was captured alive,&#8221; police spokesman told news agency AFP.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"46\"\/>Wahidullah Mohammadi, spokesman for the military in eastern Afghanistan, confirmed the Pakistani jet was downed by Afghan forces &#8220;and the pilot was captured alive&#8221;.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"48\"\/>Meanwhile, Pakistan said Afghanistan&#8217;s jet crash claim was &#8220;totally untrue&#8221;.<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/pakistan\/taliban-strike-multiple-military-bases-in-pakistan-strategic-nur-khan-airbase-in-rawalpindi-hit\/articleshow\/128935227.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Afghan Air Force\u2019s drone aircraft carried out strikes on key Pakistani military installations, including&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5000,10638,2978,9013,10637],"class_list":["post-3857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-khawaja-asif","tag-nur-khan-airbase","tag-pakistan","tag-taliban","tag-zabihullah-mujahid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}