Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes (2024–present)

2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes
	Part of Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes – Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Insurgency in Balochistan
	; The international border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Date	16–19 March 2024, 7 September 2024, 25 December 2024 – present
Location	North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Wana, Dera Ismail Khan, Gwadar, Turbat, Shangla, Khost, Paktika, and along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border
Result	Initial de-escalation followed by a renewal of conflict
Belligerents
Afghan Taliban Pakistani Taliban ; Balochistan Liberation Army	Pakistan National Resistance Front of Afghanistan
Commanders and leaders
Hibatullah Akhundzada; Hasan Akhund; Noor Wali Mehsud; Sehra alias Janan †; Sher Zaman alias Mukhlisyar †; Abu Hamza †; Akhtar Muhammad †; Shoaib Iqbal Cheema alias Muneeb Jatt; Abdullah Mehsud; Bashir Zeb	Shehbaz Sharif; Asif Ali Zardari; General Asim Munir; Zaheer Ahmad Babar; Naveed Ashraf; Ahmad Massoud; Hasib Qoway Markaz
Units involved
Afghan Armed Forces Afghan Army; ; TTP militants Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group; Jaish-e-Fursan-e-Muhammad Group; ; BLA militants Majeed Brigade; ;	Pakistan Armed Forces Pakistan Army XI Corps; XII Corps; ; Pakistan Air Force; Pakistan Navy PNS Siddique; Pakistan Naval Air Arm; ; Frontier Corps; Inter-Services Intelligence; ; National Resistance Front of Afghanistan Ground Forces; Special Unit; ;
Casualties and losses
900+ killed in 2024, including 27 Afghans (per Pakistan) (as of December 27)	≈400 personnel killed (per Pakistan) (as of December 27)
	950+ Pakistani civilians killed in 2024 (per Pakistan) (as of December 28 and not including insurgents)

The 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes are a series of ongoing armed clashes consisting of cross-border airstrikes and exchanges of gunfire between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The conflict also separately includes the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), and Pakistani Taliban. The skirmishes took place over many locations along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, including North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Wana, Dera Ismail Khan, Shangla, Khost, and Paktika. Subsequent attacks were also launched in Turbat and Gwadar in Balochistan province, by the Balochistan Liberation Army. Militant attacks on CPEC and Pakistani military bases accommodating US aircraft pose a threat to Chinese and American interests in Pakistan. After de-escalation in March 2024, the conflict resurged in December 2024 with Pakistani airstrikes against Afghanistan, specifically in Paktika Province.

Conflict in December marked the third round of air strikes by Pakistan on the territory of Afghanistan in a period less than two years. The first similar Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan soil came in 2022 and the second Pakistani airstrikes occurred in March 2024. The third and most latest round of Pakistani air strikes on Afghan soil came in December 2024.