Local residents stand next to a damaged car at the site of a cross-border Pakistani army strike in the Behsud district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Hedayat Shah)
Local residents stand next to a damaged car at the site of a cross-border Pakistani army strike in the Behsud district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on February 22, 2026 [Hedayat Shah/AP]

By Lyndal Rowlands and Erin Hale

Published On 27 Feb 202627 Feb 2026

  • Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Kabul, Nasser Shadid, reported multiple explosions in the Afghan capital beginning from around 1:50am local time.
  • Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said on X that “Pakistani aircraft once again bombed Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia.”