Pakistani military strikes on Afghanistan's Kunar province have resulted in at least seven deaths and 75 injuries, including women and children, in the provincial capital Asadabad and Sarkano district. The incident reflects escalating border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan with rising casualty figures.

The Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday said slammed a social media post by British Special Representative for Afghanistan Richard Lindsay regarding developments along the Pak-Afghan border, saying that the remarks were “devoid of a deeper understanding of the situation”. Early on Friday, Lindsay had shared a post by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on the social media platform X, which said it had documented “tens of civilians killed or injured” in strikes in eastern Afghanistan, including a university. “Concerned by further violence along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, including strikes in Kunar.