Sources also said that the strikes hit a unit in Kandahar’s District 9 where fighters loyal to Akhundzada were being.

Three international press freedom organizations have urged Pakistan to stop the arrest and deportation of Afghan journalists living in exile,.

Gagnon said Pakistani airstrikes and border fighting have interfered with the delivery of aid and contributed to displacement inside Afghanistan.

Hamdullah Fitrat, Taliban deputy spokesman, said in a post on X that the shelling took place around 4 a.m. in.

The ministry said some foreign nationals had been detained for “violating applicable laws,” adding that in many cases they were.