Alex Ritson

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I'm Alex Ritson and at 16 hours GMT on Friday the 27th of February, these are our main stories.

Pakistan says it's killed almost 300 Taliban officials and militants in Afghanistan as the conflict between the South Asian neighbours escalates.

Another purge at the top of China's military as President Xi punishes any sign of perceived disloyalty.

Also in this podcast, people in Gaza mark Ramadan under a shaky ceasefire after two years of war.

And we'll hear from Cuba about the consequences of the US oil blockade.

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.

That's the sound of the emergency services responding to a series of explosions in the Afghan capital Kabul overnight on Thursday.

Pakistani warplanes also bombed the city of Kandahar, another stronghold of the country's Taliban government.

These people in Kabul described their experience.

As soon as I heard the sound of the aircraft, I got up.

I saw the plane descend and drop two bombs.

Then it went back up again.

It was around 2am.

All of us, including the women, ran downstairs.

Many people were injured by broken glass, and until late at night, people were being treated at the same clinic.

It was a very terrifying incident, and everyone is extremely distressed because of these problems.

Pakistan's military says it hit 22 Afghan military targets.

A spokesperson claimed nearly 300 Taliban officials and militants were killed while losses on the Pakistani side are reported to number a dozen.