Pak’s Nur Khan Base, Under Repair After Op Sindoor; What Military Installations Were Targeted In Pakistan

2nd March 2026 at 1:07 PM

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Karachi : Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalated sharply after Afghan Taliban forces reportedly launched armed drone strikes targeting Pakistan’s Command and Control Centre at Nur Khan Air Base in Rawalpindi. Over nine months after the brief but intense four-day conflict between India and Pakistan in May 2025, reconstruction work at the base was still underway.

According to the official X account of Afghanistan’s Ministry of National Defense, Taliban forces carried out drone strikes on 12th division headquarters in Quetta, and other Pakistani military locations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Today, the Air Force of the Ministry of National Defense conducted precise and coordinated aerial operations against key military installations in Pakistan targeting the Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi, the 12th Division headquarters in Quetta (Balochistan), the Khwazai Camp in the Mohmand Agency of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as well as several other significant Pakistani military facilities and command centers,” the ministry said.

Taliban officials claimed that a Pakistani fighter jet was shot down in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. The pilot was reportedly captured alive after parachuting from the aircraft, news agency AFP reported. On Friday, Pakistan launched airstrikes on the Afghan capital Kabul and the southern city of Kandahar, where Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is based.

The Pakistani aerial operations followed what Taliban officials described as a border offensive launched late Thursday in retaliation for earlier Pakistani strikes. In response to Friday’s strikes, Taliban authorities claimed they carried out cross-border attacks that killed at least 55 Pakistani soldiers.