[Global Times reporter Zhou Yang] On the 13th local time, the Pakistani army was still on high alert in the border area between the country and Afghanistan. Earlier, a fierce exchange of fire had just broken out between the two countries. According to Reuters, US President Trump has expressed his willingness to help end the conflict.

Reuters said that Pakistan and the Afghan government used to be allies, but now the relationship between the two sides is becoming increasingly tense. Pakistan demanded that the Afghan government take action against the militants who launched attacks in Pakistan, saying that these people were hiding in Afghanistan; The Afghan government denies this accusation. A Pakistani security official said that there were several small-scale exchanges of fire on the evening of 12th, but the overall situation had calmed down. Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Khovarazmi told Reuters that "the current situation at the border is normal".

Trump told reporters on an Air Force One flight from Washington to Israel that he would soon deal with the matter. Trump said: ¡°This will be my eighth war to resolve. I¡¯ve heard of a war being fought between Pakistan and Afghanistan. I¡¯ve said, ¡®I have to wait back to deal with this.¡¯ You know, I¡¯m solving another war. I¡¯m good at ending the war,ining peace, and it¡¯s my honour to be able to do this. I¡¯ve saved millions of lives.¡±

In response to Trump¡¯s claims to allow the United States to regain control of the Bagram air base near the Afghan capital Kabul, the Afghan government spokesman Mohammad said on Monday that Afghanistan will not hand over any of its lands to other countries.