Pakistan says it's killed almost 300 Afghan Taliban
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Latest attacks mark escalation in long-running tensions between the two South Asian neighbours. Islamabad has repeatedly blamed the Afghan Taliban for supporting militants accused of attacks in Pakistan. Also: Nine senior officers of the Chinese military have been officially removed as delegates to the country’s annual parliamentary session, just days before it's due to start. US says it will ease its economic blockade on Cuba, if oil is sent to the island’s private sector. Epstein files reveal the late convicted sex offender tried to buy a multimillion-dollar palace in Morocco, the day before his arrest in 2019. And the British supermarket chain, Waitrose, suspends sales of mackerel because of overfishing.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.8 | I'm Alex Ritson, and at 16 hours GMT on Friday the 27th of February, these are our main stories. |
| 0:19.1 | Pakistan says it's killed almost 300 Taliban officials and |
| 0:23.3 | militants in Afghanistan as the conflict between the South Asian neighbours escalates. Another |
| 0:29.3 | purge at the top of China's military as President Xi punishes any sign of perceived |
| 0:34.3 | disloyalty. Also in this podcast, people in Gaza mark Ramadan under a shaky ceasefire after two years |
| 0:43.8 | of war. |
| 0:44.9 | Before the war, God be praised. |
| 0:47.1 | We were very well off. |
| 0:48.9 | Now, God be praised that we are alive. |
| 0:51.8 | And we'll hear from Cuba about the consequences of the US oil blockade. |
| 1:00.6 | Let's start the podcast in South Asia and the sharp escalation in hostilities between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which is causing alarm across the region. |
| 1:16.8 | That's the sound of the emergency services responding to a series of explosions in the Afghan capital Kabul overnight on Thursday. |
| 1:25.1 | Pakistani warplanes also bombed the city of Kandahar, another stronghold of |
| 1:29.5 | the country's Taliban government. These people in Kabul described their experience. |
| 1:38.2 | We were all asleep when the plane came in very low. As soon as I heard the sound of the aircraft, |
| 1:46.0 | I got up. I saw the plane descend and dropped two bombs. Then it went back up again. It was around 2 a.m. All of us, |
| 1:52.1 | including the women, ran downstairs. By the grace of God, we didn't suffer any loss of life, |
| 1:58.2 | but the doors were broken and the windows of the house were shattered. |
| 2:04.7 | Many people were injured by broken glass, and until late at night, people were being treated at the same clinic. |
| 2:11.8 | It was a very terrifying incident, and everyone is extremely distressed because of these problems. |
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