Pakistan Launches 'Operation Khyber Storm' — Strikes Kabul

Pakistan strikes targets in Kabul, Khost, Jalalabad, and Paktika in 'Operation Khyber Storm', targeting TTP leader Noor Wali Mehsud (who survives). Taliban launches counterattacks on Pakistani border posts October 11-12, killing 23 Pakistani soldiers and wounding 29. UNAMA records at least 70 Afghan civilians killed and 478 injured between October-December 2025. Qatar and Turkey broker a ceasefire in Doha on October 19, the most serious Af-Pak interstate military confrontation in decades.