Overnight Violence Between Afghanistan and Pakistan Threatens a Wider Conflict
Some people are thinking Pakistan is tryng to get Bagram Airbase back to the US as Trump wanted.
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 were Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan last week. At least 23 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 29 others were injured on Saturday, according to Pakistan’s military. The Taliban government said nine Afghan soldiers had died and at least 16 others had been injured.
The overnight fighting raised concerns that the violence could spill into a broader conflict between the two countries, whose governments have become increasingly hostile to each other in recent months.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban government’s chief spokesman, told reporters on Sunday that the fighting had stopped at midnight after Qatar and Saudi Arabia urged restraint. He warned Pakistan that any violation of Afghanistan’s sovereignty would prompt retaliation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/world/asia/afghanistan-pakistan-violence-conflict.html
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