There was a big explosion in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, around 4:38 pm Indian time on Wednesday (October 15, 2025), after which a cloud of fire and smoke rose everywhere. This blast took place in Khairkhana Kotal area of ​​Kabul. Just after the pictures of the blast surfaced, Afghan government spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid informed at 4:53 pm that the blast in Kabul has nothing to do with the Pakistan-Afghanistan war and the blast was caused by a blast in an oil tanker parked on the road.

Pakistani army released aerial video

After the explosion, there was fire and smoke everywhere, after which the entire area was cordoned off and fire brigade vehicles were deployed, which brought the fire under control. After which the burnt oil tanker was also clearly visible.

Pakistan made claim regarding the blast

After this, the Pakistani Army released an aerial video at 7 pm and claimed that the blast in Kabul was caused by its air strike, in which it had targeted the Tehreek-e-Taliban hideout.

Pakistani army carried out air attack on Kabul- Abdullah

Just after the Pakistani Army released the video, Mufti Abdullah Azam, head of the office of Afghanistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, shared a video on Twitter and claimed that the air strike carried out by the Pakistani Army on Kabul was on a group of local people, in which many civilians have been killed and Pakistan is taking its revenge from the common people. However, within just a few hours Abdullah Azam deleted his post on the X site.

17 innocent people killed so far in Pakistani attack, more than 140 injured

However, Afghan media has confirmed the Kabul attack and informed that Pakistan had carried out air strikes at two places in Kabul when both the countries were negotiating ceasefire.

According to the statement issued by the Emergency Hospital on the Pakistan attack, 5 people have died in the Kabul attack and more than 40 people are injured. Apart from Kabul, today Pakistan also attacked residential areas in Khost and Kandahar of Afghanistan, in which 12 civilians died and more than 100 civilians were injured. This means that in the last 24 hours, 17 innocent people have lost their lives and more than 140 have been injured due to attacks in residential areas of Pakistan.

Pakistan’s old habit of targeting common people

In the ongoing conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan, where in the first phase of the conflict on Saturday (October 11, 2025), Pakistan had targeted the homes and markets of common people, today on Wednesday (October 15) Pakistan did something similar, whereas on the contrary, the Afghan Army has targeted only the Pakistani Army in the conflict.

However, this is not the first time that Pakistan is targeting human settlements in a conflict. Pakistan had also done similar actions during Operation Sindoor, when India attacked its airbases, in response the Pakistani Army targeted Indian residential areas. In the last 50 days, Pakistani Army and other security agencies have killed more than 329 people in their own country.

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The border conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan has now reached the residential areas inside the country. Pakistan’s army was carrying out attacks targeting Afghan army bases since the night of Tuesday (October 14, 2025), but on Wednesday (October 15, 2025), the Pakistani army moved ahead of Afghan military bases and also attacked residential areas near the border in Khost city of Afghanistan and Kandahar city.

According to the information, more than 12 Afghan civilians have died in the attack by Pakistani Army and more than 100 people have also been injured. Among those killed is the name of Afghan journalist Abdul Ghafoor Abid, who had gone to cover the attacks being carried out by Pakistan. Apart from this, another local journalist from Afghanistan Tawab Arman has also been injured in the Pakistani attack.

Pakistan is turning into a pile of debris in residential areas

For the last one week, Pakistan has not only been targeting the residential areas of Afghanistan, but is also attacking and destroying the houses of common people while moving on the path of turning Afghanistan into Gaza. Along with this, it is also taking the lives of common people and journalists of Afghanistan. The Pakistani Army carried out drone attacks on the morning of Wednesday (October 15, 2025) in the Jazi Maidan area of ​​Khost in Afghanistan. Due to this drone attack, about 20 houses collapsed and turned into debris.

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Similarly, the Pakistani Army has twice carried out drone attacks on residential areas and markets on the Spin Boldak border in Kandahar. After which Afghanistan government spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid issued a statement saying that 12 civilians have died and more than 100 have been injured in the attack on Pakistan’s residence. Apart from this, there was a big explosion in the capital Kabul today, but the Afghan government informed that the explosion in Kabul has nothing to do with the Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict and it was caused by the explosion of an oil tanker.

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