Dossier
cross-border fighting
Coverage of cross-border fighting in the Nexus archive.
- UN says nearly 500 Afghan civilians have been killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan fighting since October
The UN reported that cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan since October 2026 has killed nearly 500 Afghan civilians and wounded over 1,000 others. A deadly airstrike on a drug treatment center in Kabul in March 2026 killed hundreds of civilians, prompting Amnesty International to call for a war crime investigation.
- UN says nearly 500 Afghan civilians have been killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan fighting since October
The United Nations reports that cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan has killed nearly 500 civilians in Afghanistan and wounded over 1,000 others between October and June.