The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has hit several locations in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the overnight aerial strikes on Friday night. The strikes are said to be conducted on the TTP hideouts, also eliminating high-profile target Noor Wali Mehsud.
The airstrikes followed a week of intense terrorist attacks in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region, which claimed the lives of 12 Pakistani soldiers. The social media reports suggest that Pakistan had allegedly targeted the high-profile TTP leader, Chief Noor Wali Mehsud. The initial reports suggest that the initial aerial strike hit a moving car in Kabul.
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#Kabul #Afghanistan alleged strike: Several people in Kabul say they have heard a series of explosions in Kabul Thursday night. They say “a vehicle has been targeted”. There are no further details. One said a land cruiser is believed to have been targeted near Abdul Haq square .… pic.twitter.com/pXfHaLjRBE
— Tahir Khan (@taahir_khan) October 9, 2025
Local sources confirmed that around midnight on Thursday-Friday, jet fighters allegedly of the Pakistan Air Force carried out a strike on Marga Bazaar in the Bermal district of Paktika province. The strikes reportedly caused no human casualties; however, 10 shops were destroyed, and several of the buildings caught fire during the strikes.
BREAKING: Pakistan’s Defense Minister CONFIRMS that Pakistan conducted counterterrorism airstrikes in Kabul tonight.
— The STRATCOM Bureau (@OSPSF) October 9, 2025
Media reports also suggest that four other Afghan cities were targeted in the multiple overnight airstrikes, including Kabul, Paktika, Khost, and Jalalabad. F-16 fighter jets armed with precision-guided munitions were used in these surgical operations against TTP. However, there are conflicting reports on the death of Noor Wali Mehsud. The local Pakistani reports and several social media reports are claiming that Noor Wali Mehsud has been eliminated, while many of the reporters from Afghanistan are cautious in supporting such claims. As per various reports, Noor Wali Mehsud released a voice note confirming the date confirmed that he is alive.
Additional Pakistani airstrikes have in the last hour been conducted on terrorist TTP/FAK targets in Paktika, Khost, and now most recently in Jalalabad. https://t.co/L9yUV86g6c
— The STRATCOM Bureau (@OSPSF) October 9, 2025
The incident is part of the potentially significant escalations in cross-border tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and when the Afghan Taliban’s interim foreign minister is already on a week-long visit to India. Their strikes have followed several previous attacks on Pakistan’s armed forces and failed diplomatic protests urging the Afghan Taliban to end the TTP militant sanctuaries on Afghanistan’s soil.
With Additional Inputs from GVS South Asia Desk