STORY: Wounded civilians filled the beds at a local Afghan hospital on Friday (February 27) following an airstrike in Nangarhar, near Afghanistan's eastern border with Pakistan.

Medical staff at the hospital were seen tending to critically wounded patients, including a woman being transported on a stretcher as oxygen was prepared.

"We were breaking our fast in the tent while fighting started," said Sher Zaman, a survivor of the strike. "After that, heavy weapons were used, and the fighting intensified. Something fell, and I thought it had landed on top of our tent. My wife's hand was injured badly in that incident, and my nephew was injured too, and both are now lying in the hospital in critical condition."

Pakistan carried out air strikes on Afghanistan's major cities overnight, officials in Islamabad and Kabul said on Friday, escalating months of border clashes between the Islamic neighbours.

The air and ground strikes, which hit Taliban military posts, headquarters and ammunition depots in multiple sectors along the border, came after Afghanistan launched an attack on Pakistani border forces, the officials said.

Both sides reported heavy losses in the fighting, which Pakistan's defence minister said amounted to an "open war."

Tensions have heated up since Pakistan launched airstrikes on militant targets in Afghanistan last weekend.

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VIDEO SHOWS: INJURED PEOPLE AT NANGARHAR REGIONAL HOSPITAL AFTER PAKISTAN AIR STRIKE / SOUNDBITE FROM AIR STRIKE SURVIVOR / TALIBAN MILITARY PRESENCE AT THE BORDER

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SHOWS: NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN (FEBRUARY 27, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. (NIGHT SHOT) EXTERIOR OF HOSPITAL, SIGN READING (English / Pashto): “NANGARHAR REGIONAL SPECIALIZATION HOSPITAL”

2. VARIOUS OF DOCTOR PUSHING HOSPITAL TROLLEY WITH INJURED WOMAN

3. DOCTOR, HOSPITAL STAFF, AND FAMILY MEMBERS STANDING NEXT TO INJURED WOMAN

4. DOCTOR AND STAFF GETTING OXYGEN TUBE READY

5. VARIOUS OF FAMILY MEMBERS SITTING NEXT TO INJURED PEOPLE LYING ON BEDS

6. (SOUNDBITE) (Pashto) AIRSTRIKE SURVIVOR, SHER ZAMAN, SAYING:

“We were breaking our fast in the tent while fighting started. After that, heavy weapons were used and the fighting intensified. Something fell, and I thought it had landed on top of our tent. My wife's hand was injured badly in that incident and my nephew was injured too, and both are now lying in the hospital in critical condition.”

7. VARIOUS OF ARMED TALIBAN SOLDIERS AND MILITARY VEHICLES

8. AFGHAN RESIDENTS WALKING NEAR THE BORDER WITH PAKISTAN