Afghan losses near 1,000 in latest escalation – Pakistan

Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif earlier declared his country was in “open war” with its western neighbor

Afghan forces have suffered nearly 1,000 casualties in the latest cross-border escalation with Pakistan, officials in Islamabad have claimed.

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said at least 415 Taliban fighters and allied militants had been killed and more than 580 wounded in airstrikes and clashes since Thursday. He shared the figures in a post on X on Saturday.