Conflict involves a head: Pakistan declares “open war” on Taliban authorities in Afghanistan | EUROtoday

Pakistan declares “open war” on Taliban authorities in Afghanistan, Pakistan’s protection minister stated.

The Pakistani Air Force had beforehand attacked army services in Afghanistan, together with within the capital Kabul. In addition, positions within the provinces of Kandahar and Paktia had been bombed, stated the spokesman for the Islamist Taliban authorities, Sabiullah Mujahid, on Platform X early Friday morning German time. There aren’t any experiences of victims.

Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar confirmed the airstrikes on state tv channel PTV. Before these assaults, there have been violent clashes alongside the Afghan-Pakistani border.

Last weekend, Pakistan attacked positions in Afghanistan. In the night the Afghan Taliban struck again. In response to the Pakistani assaults, a complete offensive was launched on their army positions, Sabiullah Mujahid wrote on X.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari wrote final night time on X that the response of the Pakistani armed forces was complete and decisive. His nation won’t make any concessions relating to peace and territorial integrity.

Relations between the neighboring international locations Afghanistan and Pakistan have lately deteriorated massively. Fighting solely broke out within the fall. According to the UN, 70 Afghan civilians died in Pakistani assaults. Islamabad accuses Kabul of harboring terrorists who perform assaults in Pakistan.

The neighboring international locations share a border that’s round 2,400 kilometers lengthy and was created in 1893 between what was then British India and the Emirate of Afghanistan. The course of the de facto border often known as the “Durand Line” is disputed between the international locations.

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