According to the news client, about 21:50 local time on the 9th, two massive explosions were in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, while the aircraft flew over the city. Several local residents said they heard the explosions. Afghan government spokesman Zabi Ulamujahid said the investigation was underway and no casualties were. According to the Associated Press, one of the explosions came from near Kabul’s Abdullah Hak Square, where several government departments were located.
Figure 1 Screenshot of CCTV report
Figure 2 Afghan capital Kabul (data map)
However, the air raid exploded again less than 24 hours later! According to foreign media reports, in the early morning of October 11th, local time, another explosion occurred in Jalalabad and Naghar areas of Afghanistan. The exchange of fire on the Afghan border got out of control, and Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Xiaolong fighter jets and F-16 fighter jets bombed it! The Pakistani military said that Pakistan's patience with its neighboring countries and the Afghan government has been exhausted. "Afghanistan is used as a base of operations against Pakistan, and there is evidence to show this." The Afghan Taliban militants fought back strongly, and they fired with heavy weapons and artillery. According to foreign media sources, the conflict caused 90 Pakistani railway troops to be killed, but the author has not seen any official notification, so it depends on the follow-up development.
Figure 3 Screenshot of Iraqi media report
Figure 4 Pakistani JF-17 Thunder Fighter (data map)
According to CCTV news client on the 10th, the Russian Ministry of Defense issued a notice on the 10th local time stating that the Russian and Pakistan armed forces conducted joint combat exercises to combat international terrorism during the "Friendship-2025" joint military exercise. He also pointed out that the "Friendship-2025" joint exercise was held at a training ground in the southern Russian military region, with about 200 officers and soldiers participating. Russia sent special operations troops from the Russian Southern Military Region with practical experience in counter-terrorism to participate in the exercise, while Pakistan participated in the exercise by the Army Special Forces. The circular also introduced that the Russia-Pakistan "Friendship" series of joint military exercises have been held in Russia and Pakistan since 2016. The exercises aim to consolidate and develop military cooperation between the two countries. Everyone knows who the "anti-terrorism" refers to in this exercise!
Figure 5 Russian Ministry of Defence (data map)
Deadly clashes between Pakistan and Afghan security forces have become commonplace since the Taliban occupied Kabul in 2021. Islamabad accuses Kabul of helping radical militants who cross the border to launch deadly attacks on Pakistan security forces and civilians; the Taliban denies the accusations. According to previous news from CCTV News, tensions in Pakistan and Afghanistan have escalated since 2024, and the security forces of the two countries have exchanged fire on the border many times. For example, on September 4, 2024, Afghan border forces and Pakistan clashed near the "Duran Line" in the border area between the two countries. The "Duran Line" is the border line between Afghanistan and British India delineated in 1893. It is now the border line between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Afghanistan has never recognized it. The two countries have clashed from time to time around the "Duran Line." On December 21, 2024, a Pakistan military checkpoint on the Afghanistan and Pakistan border was attacked by terrorists, killing 16 soldiers. Subsequent Palestinian air strikes on four locations in Afghanistan have killed at least 51 people, including women and children, and injured 6 others.
Figure 6 Ba'a "Duland Line" (data map)
Figure 7: Pakistani soldiers on the Afghan-Pakistan border
The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement in which it stated that the military had launched an "counter-terrorist operation" in Afghanistan in the Bahá'í border area that morning on March 18, aimed at combating the "terrorists" who, together with the "Pakistani Taliban" group, created several terrorist attacks in Pakistan.
On July 16th, the Pakistani military reported that a military camp in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the northwest of the country was attacked by terrorists, and all 10 terrorists who launched the attack were killed. The Information Bureau of the three armed forces issued a statement saying that 10 terrorists attempted to rush into a military camp in Bennu area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the early morning of 15th, and drove a car filled with explosives into the wall of the military camp, causing an explosion, resulting in the death of eight Pakistani soldiers. The statement also pointed out that the terrorist attack was carried out by an organization named "Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group", which operates in Afghanistan. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province borders Afghanistan, where terrorist organizations such as the Pakistani Taliban operate all the year round, and it is also an area where the Pakistani army focuses on anti-terrorism operations.
Figure 8 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (data map)
According to a report by the German Press Agency on August 13, 2024, officials from both Pakistan and Afghanistan stated that day that one of the two main border crossings between the two countries was closed on the 13th after a deadly exchange of fire between the two armies, killing several civilians. death. Ali, a Pakistani border official, said in an interview that after the conflict began, hundreds of Pakistani families fled from villages near the border overnight. By 2025, the two countries seem to have eased. According to Xinhuanet's news in June, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Afghan interim government issued a statement at the end of May saying that it welcomed the Pakistani government to upgrade its diplomatic representation in Kabul to the ambassadorial level. In response, the Arab side will upgrade its diplomatic representation in Islamabad from the level of charge d'affaires to the level of ambassadors. Pakistani Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Dahl stated on the same day that since his visit to Kabul in April, the relations between the two countries have undergone positive changes.
By July 24, the two sides signed a “early harvest plan” in Islamabad for a year to reduce tariffs on eight agricultural products. The plan will come into effect on August 1, renewable and allowing more commodities to be included in the future. Under the agreement, Pakistan will export four agricultural products – grapes, pomegranates, apples and tomatoes – to Saudi Arabia, as well as the tariffs on four agricultural products – mango, citrus, banana and potatoes – will be reduced to 27%, before the tariffs on its commodities exceeded 60%. According to the Global Times on August 21, the Sixth China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Long-term Foreign Dialogue will be held in Acapulco on August 20.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Foreign Minister Mutaqi, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, Dhar, and Mutaqi highly appreciated the positive progress achieved in the dialogue between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the three sides and China's contribution to the promotion of cooperation between the three sides. Mutaqi hopes to use this meeting as an opportunity to deepen friendly relations and promote cooperation between the three sides to greater development. Dhar said that the history, cultural and economic ties of Bahrain are close, the potential for cooperation is huge, and the cooperation in the fields of trade, the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", interconnection and counter-terrorism has been strengthened. As a neighbor of the country, Pakistan is willing to make a greater contribution to ach
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