🇦🇫❌🇵🇰 — Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Tasnim News that Taliban forces killed 55 Pakistani soldiers in overnight attacks and are holding 23 bodies of Pakistani troops.

➡️ He said some Pakistani personnel were captured alive and that two large Pakistani military bases were destroyed.

➡️ Mujahid also stated that 19 small outposts along the Durand Line border were completely destroyed and that two Pakistani tanks were knocked out during the operation.

➡️ He acknowledged Taliban casualties as well, saying 13 fighters were killed and 22 wounded. In addition, he said 13 civilians were injured in Pakistani strikes at various locations overnight.

🇵🇰❌🇦🇫 — Pakistan’s military announced that 12 of their soldiers were killed and 27 wounded in border clashes with Afghanistan, with one soldier reported missing in action.

➡️ The army claimed it killed 274 Taliban fighters, injured more than 400, destroyed 74 Afghan posts, and captured 18 personnel during the operations.

➡️ 115 tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery systems were destroyed. At least 83 military posts were destroyed and 17 captured.

➡️ Strikes were carried out at 22 locations across Kabul, Khost, Kandahar, Paktia, Nangarhar, and Paktika provinces.

➡️ Targeted sites included brigade, battalion, and sector headquarters; ammunition depots; and logistics bases that were said to be sheltering members of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡️ — The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad carried out a "simulation of emergency evacuations," according to Saudi Al Hadath.

➡️ The outlet also reports that many Americans have departed Iraq via Baghdad International Airport over the past 24 hours.

🇨🇳🇮🇱⚡️ — NEW: China’s embassy in Israel has urged its citizens in the country to be highly vigilant, strengthen security precautions, and improve their emergency preparedness.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️ — WATCH: Footage of the many U.S. aerial refueling tankers at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel.

🇰🇿🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs urges its citizens in Iran to leave the country.

🇮🇷⚛️ — A confidential report from the IAEA, seen by Reuters, says that some of Iran’s most highly enriched uranium, enriched to up to 60%, close to weapons-grade levels, has been stored in an underground section of its nuclear facility in Isfahan.

➡️ This marks the first time the agency has disclosed the specific storage location of uranium enriched to that level.

➡️ Although the entrance to the tunnel complex was struck during the 12-day war, diplomats say the underground facility itself appears to have remained largely intact.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Trump's assistant Dan Scavino posted a video of B-2 bombers with the Metallica song "Enter Sandman" on his personal X account.

🇮🇷⚛️ — The IAEA says it is "critical" to resume verification inspections in Iran without delay, as inspectors have not been granted access to the declared enrichment facility in Isfahan since Tehran revealed it in June.

➡️ Iran is believed to be storing uranium enriched up to 20% and 60% at the Isfahan tunnel complex, and satellite imagery shows continued vehicle activity near its entrances. However, the agency says it cannot confirm the facility’s current operational status or whether nuclear material is present.

➡️ Without access, the IAEA says it is unable to verify the size or location of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile or determine whether enrichment activities have been suspended. The agency added that it has not had access to any of Iran’s four declared uranium enrichment facilities.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇨🇭⚡️ — U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner left Geneva "disappointed" with the progress of talks with Iran, according to Bloomberg.

🇬🇧🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: The UK has "temporarily withdrawn" its diplomatic staff from Iran due to the "security situation."

🚢❗️ — NEW: Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, is temporarily rerouting some ships away from the Suez Canal and instead send them around the Cape of Good Hope due to security concerns and operational constraints in the Red Sea.

🇸🇦🇦🇪🇺🇸⚡️ — BREAKING: Emirati officials say that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked President Trump to impose sanctions on the UAE over its support and funding for the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, according to NYT.

➡️ Saudi officials deny this, saying they only sought sanctions targeting the RSF itself.

➡️ Trump called UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed in November to recount a private conversation he had with the Saudi Crown Prince MBS during a White House visit in the same month. During that discussion, Trump said Mohammed bin Salman had urged him to sanction the UAE.

➡️ The message angered Emirati leaders, who believed Saudi Arabia had lobbied Washington to penalize them, leading to the sharp deterioration in bilateral relations over the last few months.

➡️ A U.S. official told NYT that Saudi Crown Prince MBS never asked Trump to impose sanctions on the Emirates.

🇺🇸🇮🇶🇰🇼⚡️ — The U.S. State Department has denied reports by Al-Hadath and Israeli media that it authorized the evacuation of non-essential diplomatic staff and their families from Iraq and Kuwait.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️ — A U.S. official told Al-Monitor that Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Israel on Monday is still on.