Source: The Bowl
Helpless, China, two neighboring countries, fought hard.
One is Pakistan and the other is Afghanistan.
The situation was tragic.
The Pakistani side on October 12 that 23 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 29 wounded in the border conflict.And "more than 200 Taliban members and their affiliated terrorists were eliminated."
According to media reports, the Pakistani military no longer tolerated and restrained, and Pakistani Xiaolong fighter planes crossed the border and raided the "terrorist" camp in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
Watch pictures and videos, some of the locations, exploding violently, fighting bears.
The Afghan side that the Afghan forces were not welcome, cannons attacked the Pakistani border post, 25 Pakistani military post was seized, 58 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 30 others were wounded.
This is the worst conflict between the two countries since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan.
Particularly painful is the fact that Pakistan and the Taliban have had special relations.
In fact, Pakistan and Afghanistan, which have always been regarded as brotherly countries, during the rise of the Taliban, have an important relationship with the support of Pakistan.
But the irony of international relations is nothing more than this: the eagle who yesterday still nursed, today has become the bird of its own.
After the Taliban grew up in Afghanistan, the conflict with Pakistan continued.U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan, and the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, the two countries continued to conflict.
Here, everyone should carefully distinguish,Atta and Bata.
Atta is the Afghan Taliban and Bata is the Pakistani Taliban.
When we usually talk about the Taliban, we usually mean Atta.
Although they are both Taliban, there are still some differences between them.
Bata is recognized as a terrorist organization and has caused many terrorist attacks in Pakistan. The victims include Pakistanis, Chinese and other foreigners.
Atta claimed to be a political and military organization and publicly stated that it prohibited any organization or individual from using Afghan territory to threaten other countries. After the United States hastily withdrew its troops in 2021, Atta once again took charge of Afghanistan.
But in Pakistan, it seems that the reason why Bata is so ugly, behind it is that there is Ata's shelter.
After all, in Afghanistan now, under Atta's complete control, a large number of Bata terrorists can hide in Afghanistan. Without Atta's "care", it is obviously impossible.
It is also important to see the background of this conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a joint defense treaty.
The treaty stipulates that an attack on any country is an attack on another country. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, stimulated by Israeli air strikes on Qatar, are in fact military allies.
India and Afghanistan are getting closer and closer. Just one day before the border conflict broke out between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Afghan Foreign Minister Mottaki visited India, and India and Afghanistan announced the restoration of diplomatic relations.
Previously, India was a deadly enemy of the Taliban; now Mutaqi has publicly stated,"Afghanistan regards India as a close friend."
This is indeed the most vivid geopolitical inscription: yesterday’s dead enemy can become today’s best friend, as long as the horizon of interest is inclined.
It must also be noted that Pakistan has repeatedly accused some terrorist activities in Pakistan,The attack was carried out by “foreign hostile intelligence agencies”.
What is the “foreign hostile intelligence agency”?
Pakistan hasn’t said it explicitly, but look at Pakistan’s neighbors, which one is most opposed to Pakistan, you should understand.
I see that some Western media have analyzed,Pakistan's airstrikes on Afghanistan coincided with the "rare visit" of the Taliban foreign minister to India, "India is Pakistan's long-standing opponent, this trip has raised Islamabad's concerns."
Some of the statements in the joint statement by India and Afghanistan have made Pakistan even more angry.
For example, in the mouth of Afghanistan, Indian-controlled Kashmir belongs to India. Pakistan angrily questioned Atta, "lacking due sensitivity" for the sacrifice and feelings of the local people.
Also, Atta believes that terrorism is an internal problem in Pakistan. Pakistan accused that there was sufficient evidence that terrorist organizations launched attacks on Pakistan from Afghan territory and received support from certain forces in Afghanistan.
Over the past 40 years, the war in Afghanistan has continued and a large number of refugees have poured into Pakistan. At that time, I also went to refugee camps in Peshawar and other places. Pakistan did bear huge national sacrifices.
But Afghanistan actually turned to India, which is especially difficult for Pakistan to accept.
Therefore, I see that the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made it clear,“Pakistan has generously hosted nearly 4 million Afghans for more than 40 years. As peace gradually returns to Afghanistan, it is time for unauthorized Afghans living in Pakistan to return to their country."
The reality of international politics is often so cruel: goodwill is not necessarily paid in exchange for a response of gratitude.
Finally what do you think?
Let's make three superficial points.
First, the Afghan Taliban really have to fulfill their promises.
Don't forget that after Atta returned to power, he stated many times that he would not support terrorism and would have good neighborliness and friendship with neighboring countries.
Atta has also repeatedly promised China:No one or any force will be allowed to use Afghanistan's territory to do things that endanger China.
But we have seen that in recent years, several terrorist attacks have been carried out in Pakistan, some of which have targeted us Chinese in particular, and the means have made people angry.
If, as Pakistan said, the leader of this attack came from Afghanistan, then Atta broke his promise.
In this world, people are doing, and the heavens are watching, Atta, Atta, indeed, is fulfilling the promise.
Second, India is definitely also actively deploying.
It has to be said that India did not gain any benefits in the latest round of conflicts between India and Pakistan; but in its diplomacy with Afghanistan, India has made a major breakthrough.
India, Pakistan, and the Taliban, among them, are complaining.
The essence of geopolitical games is that when you are frustrated in one place, you will definitely look for a breakthrough in another place.
But can the friendship of interests really last long?
For Pakistan, the Taliban it supported in the past has now turned to India. One can imagine the anger in its heart.
Third, tell me a good news.
Although the conflict is intense, both sides clearly recognize that continuing to do so is not beneficial to either side.
Therefore, under the mediation of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and other countries, the Afghan Taliban announced that they would stop attacking Pakistan, but they still stressed that "we will firmly defend our land".
After all, in terms of the power balance between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Pakistan is the stronger party; if Afghanistan wants to develop, many things still need to rely on Pakistan.
Looking at the news on social media, during this conflict, Pakistan also seized a large number of U.S. military equipment. When the U.S. military hurriedly evacuated Afghanistan, these weapons became trophies of the Taliban, and now they have been seized by Pakistan.
The cycle of history is always full of irony: Americans 'weapons, Taliban's spoils, Pakistan's spoils, this drama is more dramatic than any script.
ButThe brotherly country has now fallen into this situation; India is still in its hands, and it is an unbeatable blasphemy.