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Pakistan bombs Kam Air fuel depot near Kandahar airport, Taliban says

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Pakistan bombed the fuel depot of private carrier Kam Air near Kandahar airport, Taliban officials said, striking a facility that also supplied UN aircraft. The attack represents a fresh escalation in the worst cross‑border conflict in years; Pakistan’s military had not commented.

Discovered 2026-03-12T20:59:25.539817-07:00 | 2026-03-12T20:59:25.539817-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The strike hit a civil aviation fuel facility that also served UN flights, creating immediate operational and humanitarian fuel‑supply risks for commercial and aid aircraft operating from Kandahar.

  • The incident is a marked escalation in cross‑border hostilities along the 2,600 km Durand Line and follows prior reports of reported Pakistani jets entering Afghan airspace (reported Pakistani jets entering Afghan airspace).

  • Attacks on airport infrastructure raise risks of airspace closures, routing disruptions and insurance/operational impacts for carriers — a pattern seen after recent airport strikes in the region (airport terminal strike and airspace closure).

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ch-aviation India Defense News thehindu.com Economic Times airliners.de al-monitor.com
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2026-03-12T20:59:25.539817-07:00
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