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Once Allies, Pakistan And Afghan Taliban Lurch Toward Full-Blown Conflict
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Radio Free Europe/ RadioLiberty
juancole.comOnce Allies, Pakistan And Afghan Taliban Lurch Toward Full-Blown Conflict
A full-blown conflict between Afghanistan’s Taliban and neighboring Pakistan seemed unthinkable when the hard-line Islamist group, a longtime ally of Islamabad, seized power in 2021 as international troops withdrew and the government their supported collapsed.
Deadly battles in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area show that the Indian-Pakistan conflict seems to be emanating increasingly to the west.
Border Clash Between Afghanistan and Pakistan Threatens a Wider Conflict
Tensions along the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan surged on Sunday after a deadly overnight clash between the countries’ militaries, with both sides exchanging heavy fire in one of the sharpest escalations of violence between the neighbors in years. Afghan officials said on Sunday that their security forces had targeted Pakistani military outposts along the border in what they described as “retaliatory operations,” following what Kabul said …
On the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the conflict escalates again: According to Kabul, 58 Pakistani soldiers die in an attack by the Taliban. Islamabad speaks of 23 own deaths and announced a "destroying response".
The issue of Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban is simple and clear: Pakistan created the Taliban to achieve certain long-term goals in Pakistan, in Afghanistan and in the region: in Pakistan, Pashtun nationalism - which disrupts the Punjab-centric narrative of power - was supposed to be replaced by controlled jihadism without a nation and the problem of rights and separatism among Pashtuns was supposed to go away. In Afghanistan, the Taliban were …
Fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan has flared up sharply in October 2025. Along the historically conflict-ridden Durand Line, there are reports of heavy skirmishes, artillery fire, airstrikes and claims of capturing border posts. Both sides claim to have inflicted heavy losses on the other side. This is the most serious border conflict between the countries in several years. Arnt Remy Åvik-Langstrand. Based on reports from Patrick Lancast…
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