Unidentified Fighter Jets Sighted Over Nangarhar & Kunar Provinces

Local sources in Kunar and Nangarhar provinces have reported to Afghanistan International that unidentified fighter jets were observed flying over these regions late on Saturday.

Earlier, the Taliban's police command in Nangarhar announced that it had detonated explosive materials in the Mohmand Dara district of the province.

The origin of the fighter jets remains unclear. Some sources indicated that the jets flew towards Kunar after conducting bombings in the Mohmand Dara district of Nangarhar. Afghanistan International has not yet been able to independently verify the occurrence of an airstrike in Nangarhar.

A few hours prior, the Taliban's police in Nangarhar stated that explosive devices, which had been planted by their fighters during previous conflicts with the former government's security forces, were detonated in the Mohmand Dara district.

Images released by the Taliban from the scene show flames and thick smoke rising in a residential area.

Last year, Pakistan's air force carried out strikes on targets in the Khost and Paktika provinces. A Taliban spokesperson confirmed that six people, including three women and three children, were killed in these Pakistani airstrikes. Pakistan asserted that it was targeting militants from Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

In a recent development, Pakistan's Defence Minister issued a warning last month that as part of the military operation "Zarb-e-Azm" against militants, Pakistan may conduct strikes on targets within Afghanistan in the future.

Over the past three years, U.S. drones have also regularly conducted surveillance in various parts of Afghanistan.

Following attacks by Treek-e-Taliban Pakistan on Pakistani military and security bases, Islamabad has threatened to use all available measures to suppress its adversaries. The Pakistani military has accused the Afghan Taliban of harbouring TTP militants, particularly the faction led by Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a senior TTP commander, in eastern Afghanistan. However, the Taliban have denied these accusations, stating that Afghan territory poses no threat to neighbouring countries or the region.