By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL, March 13 (Reuters) - Pakistan bombed the fuel depot of private airline Kam Air near Afghanistan's airport of Kandahar, the ruling Taliban said on Friday, stepping up the neighbours' worst conflict in years,

Both sides have claimed to inflict heavy losses in what has become their deadliest fighting in years, a confrontation Pakistan has described as an “open war” with Afghanistan.

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have issued a draconian decree that makes sodomy punishable by death and allows men to beat their wives so long as they don’t break bones or leave visible, lasting wounds.

The documentary from Shakiba Adil and Elina Hirvonen, premiering at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, features clandestinely shot mobile phone footage and shows "the power of art to keep hope and humanism alive.

In Afghanistan, the political leadership of the country has held the Taliban regime responsible for the tensions with Pakistan and voices have started surfacing within Afghanistan against the Taliban regime’s aggressive steps and its backing of terrorist groups.

Afghanistan’s Taliban government has rejected U.S. allegations that it detains foreigners to obtain leverage over other countries.

Tensions between nuclear-armed Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban regime sharply escalated in late February, further heightening regional instability and raising concerns about the risk of a prolonged conflict.

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MOIB says no credible evidence for Taliban's battlefield claims, Afghan public suffering under terror sponsors

The Ministry said the Taliban regime’s claim includes no verifiable evidence, as always, and fully exposes its established role as a master proxy of terrorism, harbouring and supporting multiple terrorist organizations such as Indian proxies Fitna al-Khwarij and Fitna al-Hindustan.