Another military conflict broke out between Afghanistan and Pakistan. In the past, Pakistan had cross-border air strikes against Afghanistan. This time, the Taliban actually attacked Pakistan. Pakistan used its air superiority to successfully prevent Taliban forces from invading Pakistan. The military conflict resulted in the death of 58 Pakistani soldiers and the death of 9 Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan.
On the evening of October 11, Afghan Taliban forces launched an offensive on a Pakistani post in the border area in response to the attacks on Kabul and Pakistani provinces in the early hours of October 10.
Reuters that Pakistani security officials accused the Afghan side of unjustified attacks, with the two sides fighting at more than six locations at the border.
Reference News Network reported on October 12 that the Russian Satellite News Agency reported on October 12 that the Afghan Ministry of Defense issued a statement on October 12 saying that in response to Pakistan's repeated invasions of Afghan airspace and air strikes, Afghanistan has carried out retaliatory operations along the border areas. The stronghold of Pakistani security forces carried out retaliatory operations, which ended successfully at midnight.
The Afghan Ministry of Defense warned Pakistan: "If Pakistan violates Afghan airspace again, the Afghan armed forces will resolutely fight back to defend the border."
The Pakistani security forces responded quickly to the statement of the Afghan Defense Ministry.
Reference News Network reported on October 12 that EFE reported on October 12 that Pakistani security forces issued a statement on October 12 saying that after tensions continued to escalate for several days, Afghanistan launched an "unprovoked" attack on Pakistan and Afghanistan on the night of October 11. Pakistani positions on the border were aimed at forcing armed groups suspected of the "Hawaliji faction" (Pakistani Taliban rebels) into Pakistan.
The Pakistani security forces stressed that the Pakistani military responded quickly and vigorously, killing dozens of people.
Germany's "Daily Mirror" reported on October 12 that Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, became an air strike target on the evening of October 9.
Other sources say Pakistan has deployed JF-17 Dragon fighters, F-16 fighters, and Wing Dragon-2 drones to launch airstrikes on four locations in Afghanistan, including Kabul.
The Pakistani intelligence community told German news agencies that the airstrikes were aimed at Pakistani Taliban (TTP) leader Mehsud.
Social media accounts linked to the Pakistan military praised the Pakistan military's air strikes in Afghanistan as a "major blow to the leadership of the Pakistan Taliban (TTP)," while the Pakistan Taliban (TTP) refuted this claim, claiming that the claims were "enemy propaganda" and denied that Mehsud was killed in the Pakistan air strike, and also released Mehsud's audio confirming that he was still alive.
Pakistani officials have neither officially confirmed nor denied reports of airstrikes in Afghanistan.
However, the Afghan Taliban were very dissatisfied with Pakistan's air strikes and took military retaliation. On October 11, they launched an attack on multiple Pakistan strongholds in the Afghanistan border area.
A Taliban spokesman said 58 Pakistani soldiers and nine Afghan soldiers were killed in the Taliban’s “reprisals” against Pakistan.
In the tripartite relationship and struggle between the Afghan Taliban, the Pakistani Taliban and Pakistan, Pakistan's force value crushed the Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani Taliban, but the battle between them was not a conventional war. It was difficult for Pakistan to give full play to its military advantage, and it was usually in a passive defensive posture. It suffered more losses, and what was more fatal was that it greatly affected Pakistan's domestic security and economic development.
Pakistan is unable to handle the Pakistan Taliban who have received asylum from the Afghan Taliban. Now, its relations with the Afghan Taliban have deteriorated, and Pakistan's troubles will become bigger and bigger.