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It's Friday, February 27th.
I'm Daniel Bogg for The Wall Street Journal, filling in for Luke Vargas.
And here's the AM edition of What's News,
the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
Pakistan has declared open war with Afghanistan following a series of cross-border attacks.
Pakistan's defense minister said the country's patience had run out after years of simmering conflict.
The country's security forces say they've responded in full force,
striking Taliban hideouts and hitting targets in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
According to the Taliban government, there were no casualties.
Journal correspondent Suna Rasmussen has spent years covering the war in Afghanistan.
Suna, just explain to us what's happening this morning.
Yes,
Pakistan has now officially declared war in Afghanistan after some cross-border attacks from the Afghan side of the border.
This comes in retaliation, the Taliban have said,
to some attacks earlier this month by the Pakistani security forces inside Afghanistan,
which the United Nations say killed about a dozen civilians.