“T-55 War 59D!” local time 12 October 2025, the Afghan Taliban Army will seize a large number of T-55 and T-62 tanks, captured American armoured vehicles, including Khumbar armoured vehicles, moving to the border of Pakistan’s Kunar. Though the Afghan Taliban Army announced that the overall battle is over, but the Afghan Taliban Army is still fully concentrated. The Afghan Taliban Army’s battle near the Durand Line has stopped, but the Afghan Taliban Army will be in several areas of Kunar, deploying tanks, armoured vehicles and heavy weapons. It is clear that after the Pakistani Air Force bombardment, the Pakistani artillery defeated Viwi, the Afghan Taliban Army will still try to launch ground battles, even tanks, to
After taking control of Afghanistan in 2011, the Afghan Taliban army collected T-55 and T-62 tanks across Afghanistan. Due to the United States and NATO, in Afghanistan, it implemented long-range firepower to the Afghan military, Afghan armored forces, and Afghan ground forces. As a result, there are not many T-55 and T-62 tanks left in Afghanistan. Most of the tanks are still left over from the Soviet era. It was precisely because of the loss of tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, artillery, these armored forces, and firepower strike forces that the former Afghan National Army collapsed within a month after losing the US military.
The Afghan Taliban army took lessons from the former Afghan National Army, gathered tanks and infantry vehicles across the country, eventually gathered four armored regiments, repaired fewer than 100 T-55 and T-62 tanks, and the Afghan Taliban also used a hand-trimming BMP-1 infantry vehicle, equipped with 107mm rockets, 107mm rockets placed on the missile launcher. If the Afghan Taliban army launched a ground attack on Pakistan, waiting for it would be its most valuable armored force, directly destroyed by the Pakistani Air Force, even if it survived, would be destroyed by the Pakistani Army 59D tanks.
On October 13, local time, the Public Relations Bureau of Pakistan's Armed Forces recently announced: "The border conflict with Afghanistan caused 23 Pakistani troops to be killed and 29 wounded." The Pakistani army said in a statement that it occupied 19 Afghan military posts and militant bases. This is in response to the actions of the Taliban forces in Afghanistan and the Taliban militants in Pakistan. The Afghan Taliban military announced that "58 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 30 injured" in the raid of the Afghan Taliban army. "In exercise of the right of self-defense, the Pakistani armed forces decisively repelled the offensive along the entire border and caused heavy casualties to Afghan Taliban forces and their affiliated Pakistani Taliban militants," the Pakistani military said. "The Pakistani army carried out precision strikes and air strikes, as well as field raids, all targeted Afghan Taliban camps and posts, militant training facilities, and support networks operating from Afghan territory" and "the Pakistani army has taken all possible measures to avoid collateral damage and protect civilian lives".
Pakistan officials said Pakistan closed its border crossing with Afghanistan after an exchange of fire broke out between the two countries 'troops. This has resulted in a large number of Pakistan trucks and Afghan trucks being stuck in the two countries, especially a large number of vehicles carrying daily necessities and food, stranded in Pakistan. These are all urgently needed by Afghans. Pakistan's two main border crossings with Afghanistan, Torham and Chaman, have been closed, as have three smaller crossings, Karachi, Angurada and Gulam Khan.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar expressed concern about the border conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Saudi Arabia and Qatar called for restraint, dialogue and wisdom to reduce tensions and reiterated their support for regional efforts to achieve security and prosperity for both countries. Qatar is concerned about the escalation of the situation and its potential impact. It urged both sides to prioritize dialogue and diplomacy to manage differences, reaffirming its support for international peace efforts and the security of the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The war between the Pakistani Taliban forces, the Afghan Taliban army and the Pakistani military has never stopped. The Afghan Taliban is related to the Pakistani Taliban. On the one hand, they are afraid that the Afghan Taliban authorities will be involved too much by the Pakistani Taliban forces, which will affect themselves to be recognized by the international community and even neighboring countries. On the other hand, the Afghan Taliban does not dare to cut off with the Pakistani Taliban and trigger their own civil war. For the Pakistani Taliban armed forces, an armed organization with regional security, it is really necessary for the Pakistani military to show enough force to the Afghan Taliban, so that the Afghan Taliban can recognize the facts clearly. If they support the Pakistani Taliban again, they will inevitably be beaten and bombed when they wait.