Overview

• Residents and local outlets described multiple late-night blasts across several Kabul districts, with reports of aircraft heard over the city.
• Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid acknowledged an explosion, urged calm, and said authorities have no reports of casualties or damage so far.
• Some media and social posts alleged Pakistani airstrikes in the capital, though officials in Islamabad had not issued confirmation at the time of reporting.
• Pakistan’s defence minister, Khawaja Asif, earlier told parliament that terrorism from Afghan soil is intolerable and issued a warning to Kabul.
• The incident occurred as Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, visited India for a ministerial-level trip.