Pakistan Is Hostile To An Independent Afghanistan, Says India

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said New Delhi opposed actions that undermined what he described as an independent Afghanistan.

In a statement responding to the latest Pakistani strikes, Jaiswal called the attacks another example of aggression and stressed the need to respect Afghanistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Pakistan has carried out several rounds of airstrikes over the past week in the Afghan cities of Kabul, Paktia and Kandahar. Taliban forces have responded with cross-border fire and drone attacks targeting Islamabad.

India has offered political support to the Taliban during the tensions. The United States has backed Pakistan, while China’s special envoy has been travelling between the two sides in an effort to mediate.

Pakistan says the strikes targeted Taliban military facilities. The United Nations has confirmed that some of the attacks also caused civilian casualties.

Pakistan Fired Hundreds Of Rockets Into Kunar, Says Taliban Official

Mar 14, 2026, 15:15 GMT+0

Taliban local officials in Afghanistan’s Kunar province on Saturday accused Pakistan’s military of firing at least 271 rockets and heavy artillery shells into the province.

Ziaurrahman Spinghar, the Taliban’s head of information and culture in Kunar, said the attacks damaged a school building and injured its guard.

Spinghar said Pakistan had carried out attacks on four districts of Kunar over the past two days. According to him, the shells struck residential homes and wounded at least three civilians.

Pakistan has not responded to the allegations. The United Nations has also not released an independent report on civilian harm in Kunar.

UN Security Council To Vote On Extending UNAMA Mission In Afghanistan

Mar 14, 2026, 14:11 GMT+0

The UN Security Council said it will vote Monday on a draft resolution to extend the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, known as UNAMA, until June 17, 2026.

Last year, the council adopted a resolution extending UNAMA’s mandate until March 17, 2026. If approved, the new extension would last three months.

According to a new Security Council report, negotiations this year over the draft resolution to extend UNAMA’s mandate have been difficult and marked by disagreements among members.

The differences emerged after the United States proposed a three-month technical extension, arguing that a shorter renewal would allow the council to conduct a comprehensive review of UNAMA’s work before committing to a longer extension.

The United States argued that because UNAMA is one of the UN’s most costly special political missions and operates in a highly complex environment, the Security Council should first assess whether the mission remains appropriate and fully viable.

The report said that on March 3, China, which is responsible for drafting the resolution, circulated an initial draft among Security Council members that proposed extending UNAMA’s mandate for one year.

However, after consultations, China incorporated the US proposal for a three-month extension into the third revised draft.

UNAMA was established on March 28, 2002, under UN Security Council Resolution 1401. The mission’s mandate is to support the people of Afghanistan.

14 Pakistani Soldiers Killed In Border Clashes, Says Taliban

Mar 14, 2026, 12:45 GMT+0

The Taliban’s Defence Ministry said 14 Pakistani soldiers were killed in clashes along the border in the Afghan provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar.

According to the Taliban, at least 11 Pakistani soldiers were also wounded and one of their outposts was captured by Taliban forces during the operation.

In a statement issued early Saturday, the Taliban’s Defence Ministry said its fighters had destroyed a Pakistani armoured tank and a military vehicle.

Pakistan and independent sources have not confirmed the figures.

Radio Television Afghanistan reported Friday night that Taliban forces had launched what it described as a “retaliatory operation” against Pakistani military posts in Dur Baba district of Nangarhar province.

Taliban Have Crossed ‘Red Line’ After Drone Attacks, Says Pakistan’s President

Mar 14, 2026, 09:59 GMT+0

Pakistan’s president has strongly condemned what he described as drone attacks on civilian areas and said the Afghan Taliban had crossed a “red line”.

President Asif Ali Zardari wrote on X on Saturday that Pakistan would not tolerate the targeting of civilians and would defend its people.

Zardari also said Afghan territory should not be used for terrorism against neighbouring countries.

The Taliban’s Defence Ministry said Friday that it had carried out a drone strike on the Hamza military centre in the Faizabad area of Islamabad.

Former Pakistani Official Calls For Regime Change In Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan

Mar 14, 2026, 09:35 GMT+0

A former Pakistani official has called for regime change in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, urging support for armed opposition groups and other measures against the Taliban.

Jan Achakzai, former information minister of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, wrote on X that the time had come to change the Taliban regime.

Achakzai called for targeting political and administrative offices of the Afghan Taliban and outlined several proposals he said could help bring about political change in Afghanistan.

Among his suggestions was the establishment of offices in Islamabad for the National Resistance Front and the Afghanistan Freedom Front, two armed groups opposed to the Taliban.

He also proposed granting a 30-kilometre buffer zone along the Durand Line to forces of the National Resistance Front, extending to the Wakhan Corridor.

The former official further suggested that Pakistan provide drone support to National Resistance Front forces operating in Badakhshan, Panjshir and other northern provinces.

Achakzai also proposed opening offices in Pakistan’s capital for civil society organisations and groups advocating women’s rights.

In addition, he suggested transferring Afghanistan’s embassy in Islamabad to Taliban opponents.

Targeting Taliban political and administrative offices, including air-related infrastructure, was among the other proposals he mentioned in his post.

He also called for establishing a political office in Quetta for tribes opposed to the Taliban.

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