- Pakistan launches Operation Ghazab lil-Haq on Feb 26 against the Afghan Taliban after “unprovoked firing” from across the border
- 583 Afghan Taliban personnel killed and 795 injured since the start of the operation, says the information minister
- Pakistan’s armed forces have destroyed 242 Afghan Taliban checkposts, the information minister says
- Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said they were willing to negotiate following Pakistan’s air strikes
- Turkiye will contribute to re-establishment of ceasefire, Erdogan tells PM Shehbaz