Pakistani fighter jet down as cross-border strikes flareAFP, KABULA Pakistani fighter jet crashed in Jalalabad in Afghanistan’s east, the Afghan military and police said yesterday, after Islamabad launched air strikes on at least three cities in a flare-up of cross-border fighting. “A Pakistani fighter jet was shot down in the sixth district of Jalalabad city, and its pilot was captured alive,” police spokesman Tayeb Hammad said. Pakistan launched airstrikes on Friday on Kabul and southern Kandahar, where Afghan Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is based. The Pakistani minister for information and broadcasting said 37 locations across Afghanistan had been subject to aerial targeting since its operation began, although it was not clear if strikes had taken place on Friday night. “Pakistan’s immediate and effective response to aggression continues,” Mosharraf Zaidi, a spokesman for Pakistan’s prime minister, wrote on X.

Source: Taipei Times February 28, 2026 18:00 UTC