Australia arrests ex-soldier Roberts-Smith over alleged Afghan war crimes
Arrest comes after Roberts-Smith lost case against reporters who said he was involved in murders of unarmed Afghan men.

Arrest comes after Roberts-Smith lost case against reporters who said he was involved in murders of unarmed Afghan men.








As the conflict intensifies, Taliban drones challenge Pakistan’s security and response strategy, say experts.
![Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, center, briefs journalists during a government's organized trip for media to Bella Noor Shah, a mountainous village near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan administered Kashmir, Monday, May 5, 2025. [Muhammad Yousuf via AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/AP25125365570509_cropped-1773791629.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)
Pakistan’s Minister for Information “strongly” rejects the claim Pakistan was behind an air strike on a Kabul hospital.

Family members have gathered by the rubble of a hospital in Kabul searching for their loved ones after an air attack.
Pakistani minister ‘strongly rejects’ Afghan government’s accusation, saying his country only targets military sites.











Afghan officials say a suspected Pakistani air strike hit a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul, killing hundreds.
Afghan authorities say a Pakistani attack has killed hundreds of civilians; Islamabad rejects the claim as ‘false’.
![Taliban security personnel carry a body at the site of a damaged building after Pakistani airstrikes allegedly hit the Secondary Rehabilitation Services Centre in Kabul on March 16, 2026. [Wakil Kohsar/ AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/AFP__20260316__A3JM96A__v1__HighRes__AfghanistanPakistanConflict_cropped-1773711027.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)
Afghan officials say a Pakistani air strike has killed hundreds of people at a drug rehabilitation centre.
Family, advocates call for full probe after Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal dies less than 24 hours after being detained.
Pakistan denies the claim, saying it targeted military sites in Kabul and Nangahar on Monday.