Pakistan’s defense ministry declared an “open war” against Afghanistan’s Taliban government as it launched cross-border attacks and airstrikes on the Afghan capital, Kabul. Pakistani officials claimed their attacks killed 133 Taliban fighters, while the Afghan government claimed its counterattacks killed 55 Pakistani soldiers. Thirteen civilians were reportedly killed in a refugee camp near the Torkham border crossing, including women and children, with several others wounded.

Sher Zaman: “Something fell, and I thought it had landed on top of our tent. My wife’s hand was injured badly, and my nephew was injured too. Both are now lying in the hospital in critical condition.”

The escalation follows weeks of violence along Pakistan’s 1,600-mile-long border with Afghanistan. The fighting has largely shut land border crossings, worsening Afghanistan’s already dire humanitarian crisis.