Nuclear-armed nation: 660,000 troops and 4,600+ artillery units ready for deployment PHOTO/VIDEO

&ldquo;Pakistani Defense Minister, Khawaja Asif, stated that an &#39;open war&#39; is underway and that Islamabad has &#39;run out of patience&#39;.&lsquo;Our cup of patience has overflowed. Now there is an open war between us and you (Afghanistan),&rsquo; he said.&rdquo;Last week, Pakistan carried out a series of night airstrikes on Afghanistan, in which at least 18 people were killed, including women and children, according to the Taliban.A few hours earlier, Taliban government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said that Afghanistan is conducting &#39;large-scale offensive operations&#39; against the Pakistani military along the Durand Line separating the two countries.Video: Damage Left Behind by Last Night&rsquo;s Attacks by Pakistan&rsquo;s Military Regime on Civilian Homes and Sites in Kabul#TOLOnews_English pic.twitter.com/VNMBGsJ2Gs&mdash; TOLOnews English (@TOLONewsEnglish) February 27, 2026Islamabad said the strikes targeted seven militant camps and hideouts near the Pakistan&ndash;Afghanistan border and were launched following recent suicide attacks in Pakistan. Kabul said that civilian homes and a religious school were hit.The Afghan Taliban said they had launched a &ldquo;large-scale&rdquo; operation in response and stated last night that they had killed &ldquo;numerous&rdquo; Pakistani soldiers in the offensive, a claim denied by a spokesperson for Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who also disputed the Taliban spokesperson&rsquo;s assertion that 15 military positions had been captured.#BREAKING: Footage of drone strikes carried out by Afghan forces on Pakistani military positions last night. #Pakistan #Afghanistanpic.twitter.com/1NI3HsRQR2&mdash; OSINT Spectator (@osint1117) February 27, 2026As reported by Al Jazeera, the situation remains highly tense. Pakistan has carried out airstrikes, including inside Afghanistan, and there are reports from both sides that they have inflicted heavy casualties on each other. The situation is alarming, as Pakistan says it will continue what it calls a &ldquo;retaliatory response.&rdquo;Pakistan has released video footage of airstrikes on Kabul, saying they targeted Taliban facilities in response to what it called &ldquo;unprovoked aggression.&rdquo;Meanwhile, the Taliban have threatened to retaliate for the strikes on Kabul by bombing Pakistani cities. pic.twitter.com/WjAW5bObTy&mdash; Visegr&aacute;d 24 (@visegrad24) February 26, 2026 A spokesperson for the Pakistani army said that 228 Taliban fighters were killed in the attacks and 314 were wounded. He added that 74 Taliban positions were destroyed and 18 were captured. Meanwhile, 27 people were injured in Pakistan.Earlier, the Taliban government said that eight of its fighters had been killed and 11 wounded.What is known so far?Pakistani forces have attacked Kabul and the provinces of Kandahar and Paktika. It has not yet been independently confirmed whether there are casualties.Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said his country&rsquo;s forces are capable of &ldquo;crushing&rdquo; their enemies, while the defense minister declared &ldquo;open war&rdquo; on the Afghan Taliban.The Afghan Taliban &ldquo;will retaliate if attacked, but will not initiate conflict at this time,&rdquo; a Taliban military spokesperson told the BBC.UN officials have called for an immediate de-escalation of the fighting, while Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has offered his country&rsquo;s mediation.The foreign minister of Pakistan&rsquo;s ally Saudi Arabia, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, met with his Pakistani counterpart Mohammad Ishaq Dar to discuss ways to reduce tensions.The airstrikes followed months of hostilities between the two countries, according to the BBC&rsquo;s South Asia and Afghanistan correspondent.Kabul lacks the capacity for conventional warfareAs tensions rise, questions are being raised about Afghanistan&rsquo;s actual ability to wage war against Pakistan, given the vast disparity in military strength. As analysts told BBC Urdu, it is unlikely that the Taliban will be able to conduct a conventional war.Pakistan&rsquo;s armed forces, which possess nuclear weapons, are regularly ranked among the 15 most powerful militaries in the world. The Afghan Taliban, on the other hand, do not have comparable military resources and are facing economic challenges.The weapons available to the Taliban forces come mainly from three sources: the arsenal of the former Afghan army, equipment left behind by withdrawing foreign forces, and new weapons acquired from various sources, including the black market.Avganistanski talibani EPA/QUDRATULLAH RAZWANExperts say footage from past border clashes suggests that Taliban forces have largely used light weapons against Pakistani forces.However, analysts point out that the Taliban have extensive experience in guerrilla warfare. An Afghan security expert told BBC Urdu that many clashes between the Taliban and Pakistani forces have involved guerrilla tactics such as surprise attacks and roadside bombs.Comparison of the military capabilities of Pakistan and AfghanistanTroops:Pakistan: 660,000Afghanistan: 172,000Tanks and armored vehicles:Pakistan: More than 6,000 armored combat vehicles and over 4,600 artillery units.Afghanistan: Some armored vehicles and artillery, much of it dating back to the Soviet era, but the exact number remains unclear.Air force:Pakistan: Operates 465 combat aircraft and more than 260 helicopters.Afghanistan: No combat aircraft and only a small number of older planes and helicopters, with uncertain operational status.Nuclear capability:Pakistan is a nuclear-armed state with an estimated 170 warheads.Afghanistan has no nuclear capability, according to Al Jazeera.What is the Durand Line and why is it important?The Durand Line is the name given to the 2,640-kilometer border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.AA/ABACA / Abaca Press / ProfimediaThe Durand Line serves as the de facto border between the two countries, but no Afghan government has formally recognized it to date, as it divides Pashtun tribes.India also claims the land border with Afghanistan at the eastern end of the Durand Line, between the Afghan Wakhan Corridor and Gilgit. While it is administered by Pakistan, New Delhi also asserts a claim to it as part of the disputed Kashmir region. The western end stretches to the border with Iran, and the eastern end to the border with China.The line was demarcated by British officials in the 1890s during the period of European colonization and rivalry known as the &ldquo;Great Game&rdquo;. It was named after British diplomat Mortimer Durand.The agreement was signed by Durand and the then-Afghan Emir Abdur Rahman Khan, establishing the boundary between Afghanistan and what was then British India.The border took its final form in 1919 following the signing of the Anglo-Afghan agreement.After India was partitioned in 1947 and Pakistan was created, the new state recognized the Durand Line as its official border.The border region is ethnically diverse, and people on both sides share deep cultural, linguistic, religious, and historical ties.Pakistan recognizes the Durand Line as an international boundary and has constructed fences and other infrastructure along it.&ldquo;Now they are targeting the regime itself&rdquo;What makes the latest round of Pakistani strikes significant is that they targeted Taliban government facilities rather than terrorist targets in Afghanistan, Michael Kugelman, senior fellow for South Asia at the Atlantic Council, told BBC Newsday.This means that &ldquo;they are now targeting the regime itself,&rdquo; he said.Pakistan claims that the Afghan Taliban provide sanctuary to terrorists to organize attacks on Pakistan. Although diplomatic steps have been taken to ease tensions, they have not resulted in a lasting solution.Meanwhile, Taliban rhetoric suggests they are committed to &ldquo;organizing relentless attacks&rdquo; on the Pakistani side of the border, he added, describing the situation as &ldquo;unstable&rdquo; and potentially leading to real conflict.The Pakistani Defense Minister declared &ldquo;open war&rdquo; on Afghanistan following this morning&rsquo;s airstrikes. What does that actually mean?It is &ldquo;a very serious development,&rdquo; and Islamabad is signaling that it intends to &ldquo;punish&rdquo; the Afghan Taliban, whom it accuses of supporting militants behind recent attacks in Pakistan, said Amin Saikal, an Afghanistan expert, on BBC Newsday.&ldquo;The two sides have been in conflict for a long time. Now the Pakistanis have decided to go after obstacles. They really wanted to punish the Taliban for supporting Pakistani Taliban who carried out a series of attacks on Pakistani targets and killed many people over the past year or two,&rdquo; said Amin Saikal, founder of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University.An escalation would be catastrophic for the Afghan people, who are already facing severe economic hardships, Saikal added.

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