Mortar Bomb event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Lagharai area, Pakistan on Thu 26th February 2026

On 26 February 2026, Afghan border forces and Pakistani military forces exchanged fire and mortar shells in Lagharai area (Bajaur, KPK), across Jalababad district in Afghanistan. Afghan mortar rounds landed at a mosque and several residential homes in Lagharai, killing two Pakistani civilians and wounding seven others, including a woman. An additional five civilians were wounded in Jalalabad during the exchange of fire. A series of escalated retaliatory cross-border firing, shelling, and air strikes targeting military positions began between the two sides, following intermittent clashes on 24-25 February after Pakistan conducted air strikes on claimed TTP targets inside Afghanistan on 21 February 2026 (coded separately). Total 2 fatalities and 12 injured.