Pakistan announced it carried out air strikes on 10 locations in Afghanistan on Thursday, which it claims were used to store and launch drones involved in cross-border attacks. Afghanistan's Khost governor's office stated that the strikes caused no casualties. This escalation comes amid growing tensions between the two countries over attacks by armed groups in Pakistan, which had previously triggered their worst fighting in years in February. The situation threatens mediation efforts by China, Turkiye, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.