Islamabad says rudimentary drones launched by the Afghan Taliban were intercepted in Quetta, Kohat and Rawalpindi, injuring four people including two children, as both sides continue to trade accusations following cross-border air strikes.

Afghanistan has alleged that Pakistan is attacking innocent Afghans under the pretext of targeting the TTP, and that innocent children are being targeted.

Afghanistan claimed an airstrike on Pakistan's military facility, "Hamza," located in Islamabad's Faizabad. However, Pakistani authorities reported intercepting two explosive drones, with one crashing near Faizabad.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani and Afghan forces launched multiple strikes at each other in cross-border clashes on Friday, and each side claimed to have killed dozens more enemy troops in what has been the deadliest fighting yet between the two neighbors — a conflict that Islamabad has declared to be an “open war.”

Pakistan bombed the fuel depot of private airline Kam Air near Afghanistan's Kandahar airport, the ruling Taliban said on Friday, stepping up the

Tensions between nuclear-armed Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban regime sharply escalated in late February, further heightening regional instability and raising concerns about the risk of a prolonged conflict.

Taliban say they carried out coordinated air strikes on Pakistani military targets, including a site near Islamabad, as tensions between the two countries sharply escalate.

Pakistan has carried out fresh airstrikes inside Afghanistan, targeting areas including Kabul, Kandahar and border provinces amid rising tensions between Islamabad and the Taliban-led government.

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari warned the Taliban government over drone attacks on civilians, signaling escalating tensions amid ongoing cross-border clashes.

Pakistani and Afghan troops exchanged fire at dozens of points along their border on Friday as the U.N. said their week-old conflict has forced the