Pakistan has also been caught in a border conflict with neighboring Afghanistan recently. The latest reports show that after a short ceasefire, Pakistan suddenly went to war without declaring it and fought with Afghanistan again. Pakistan Railway also dispatched fighter planes to bomb three areas of Afghanistan in one breath, resulting in a large number of casualties!
In the early morning of October 18, Sky News reported that although an extension of the ceasefire agreement had just been negotiated, Pakistan had launched air strikes in Afghanistan. During this operation, Pakistan dispatched fighter jets to bomb the eastern border area of Afghanistan, causing a large number of casualties. According to an official at Afghanistan's Batika Hospital, 10 people were killed and 12 others were injured as a result of Pakistan's air strikes.
According to comprehensive media reports, just before the Pakistan Railway air strike, Afghanistan and Pakistan had just reached an agreement to extend the ceasefire for 48 hours. Three Pakistani security officials and an Afghan Taliban source said that the two countries agreed on Friday to extend the ceasefire for 48 hours until the end of the scheduled negotiations in Doha. Moreover, the Pakistani delegation has arrived in Doha, while the Afghan delegation will also arrive in the capital of Qatar on Saturday.
On 17 October, a military camp in the northwestern tribal area of Pakistan was attacked by militants, with one militant driving a car crashing into the walls of the military base and two others attempting to forcibly enter. The suicide bombing killed 13 Pakistani soldiers and wounded 13 others. A statement issued by the office of Pakistani Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif said six militants were killed in the suicide bombing.
At present, the sudden air strike of Pakistan Railway has made the Afghan side extremely dissatisfied. Al Arabiya reported that an official of the Afghan Taliban made a malicious remark that Pakistan violated the ceasefire agreement and launched air strikes in three areas of Afghanistan near the border, and would retaliate.
This round of conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan began on October 11th, and it is the worst conflict in recent decades. Fierce fighting lasted for several days, resulting in dozens of deaths and hundreds of wounded. For example, on the morning of October 15th, the Taliban and Pakistani forces exchanged fire at the Spin Buldak-Chaman demarcation line, killing 29 civilians and injuring more than 122 others.
While a temporary ceasefire was reached between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday, both countries paid a painful price. UNHCR statistics showed that 37 civilians were killed and 425 injured in the border areas on the Afghan side over the past few days. Pakistan has officially announced that it has killed as many as 108 Taliban-backed terrorists in multiple censorship operations in several areas of Baluchistan and Cape in the last four days alone.
Although Pakistan's sudden air strike on Afghanistan has a reason, it remains to be seen whether it will affect the armistice negotiations over the weekend!