The tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan has now reached a dangerous point. Late Thursday night and Friday morning, Pakistan carried out heavy air strikes in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul and Kandahar. Pakistan has named this action ‘Operation Ghazab Lil Haq’. At the same time, Afghan Taliban has also carried out retaliatory attacks on the Pakistani border, which has created a war-like situation between the two countries.
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What has happened in the last 24 hours?
On Thursday night, the Afghan Taliban targeted several military posts near the border in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Taliban says that this attack was a response to earlier attacks by Pakistan. Soon after, on Friday morning, Pakistan started bombing the interior of Afghanistan using its air force. The sounds of explosions were heard in big cities like Kabul and Kandahar, due to which there is a lot of fear among the local people there.
Who suffered how much loss?
Both the countries are claiming to have caused huge damage to each other. Pakistan says that it has destroyed many Taliban hideouts and weapons depots, while the Taliban claims that it has caused heavy injuries to the Pakistani army. A lot of difference is being seen in the figures.
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Taliban claim
Pakistan’s claim
pakistani loss
55 soldiers were killed, 19 posts were destroyed, only 2 soldiers were killed, no post was destroyed.
Taliban loss
There was no major loss, 133 fighters were killed, 16 hideouts were destroyed.
What’s going to happen next?
This latest violence has jeopardized the long-standing peace talks and ceasefire brokered by Qatar. Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has clearly said that now the dam of patience has broken. At the same time, the United Nations has appealed to both sides for talks because this fighting has increased the threat to the lives of civilians. At present, firing and air attacks are continuing on the border.