Pakistan in June 2026: the most important developments in security
Pakistan's June 2026 was dominated by fighting with Afghanistan. On June 10 Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan that Afghan officials said killed at least 13 people, 11 of them children, while Pakistan reported 26 militants killed. The Taliban condemned the strikes, which ended about a month of relative calm along the border, and on June 11 the UN mission in Afghanistan confirmed 13 civilian deaths. On June 19 the Taliban said Afghanistan had struck militant hideouts in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. On June 29 Pakistan launched airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan that killed between 28 and 36 civilians, according to the Taliban government and the United Nations, which called for an investigation. Pakistan said it targeted militants operating from Afghan soil; the Taliban denied militants were present. Pakistan also carried out ground operations in Afghanistan, in which 29 people were killed, a day after a terror attack in Karachi. India condemned the airstrikes.
Elsewhere, protests in Pakistani-administered Kashmir left more than 20 dead by June 19, with roads closed, shops shut and the internet turned off. An army helicopter crashed in Kashmir on June 10 because of a technical fault, killing everyone on board. On June 11 the first Hangor-class submarine arrived at Karachi Port, and on June 19 Pakistan reported a mine in the Strait of Hormuz area and warned ships.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary
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