The conflict between Barth and neighboring Afghanistan is still ongoing, and the latest reports show that Pakistan has officially announced another major strike, killing more than 100 militants near the Afghan border area.
On October 18, the Al Arabiya website that Pakistani Information Minister Attala announced that Pakistan Taliban militants stationed in Afghanistan had attempted several terrorist attacks in Pakistan, given that the Pakistani army killed more than 100 militants preparing to carry out terrorist attacks in areas close to the Afghan border.
One of the most intense strikes took place at night. According to Pakistani International News on October 18, Information Minister Atala confirmed that the Pakistani armed forces in the northern and southern border areas of Waziristan carried out nightly precision strikes on militants of the Kavariya Ghul Bahadur branch, killing approximately 70 militants and their leaders.
So far, the Afghan Taliban has said they will not respond to recent attacks in Pakistan during negotiations and respect mediation efforts aimed at reducing border tensions. Afghanistan spokesman Zbigniew Rashid said the Afghan Taliban reserves the right to respond to the attack in Pakistan but has temporarily halted military operations in order to respect the negotiating group.
On October 12, the Afghan Taliban Armed Forces and India-backed Pakistani Taliban launched an unjustified attack on Pakistan, sparking a border conflict between both Afghanistan and Pakistan.The Pakistani Three Army Public Relations Agency (ISPR) said Pakistan's armed forces killed more than 200 Afghan Taliban and their affiliated militants, and 23 other Pakistani soldiers were brutally killed.
After a 48-hour short ceasefire, the Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani delegation held truce talks in Doha. A high-level delegation led by Afghan Defense Minister Yekub has left for Doha. Pakistan's state television has previously announced that a Pakistani delegation will go to Qatar on Saturday to negotiate with the Afghan Taliban. The delegation will be led by Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif.
It is worth mentioning that on the evening of October 18th, the Afghan News Network reported that Afghanistan and Pakistan had started talks in Doha. The meeting was hosted by the mediator Qatar, but no agreement has been reached yet. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehab Sharif said on Saturday that Pakistan is facing the threat of cross-border terrorism from Afghan territory, and asked the Afghan authorities to take decisive action against these terrorist organizations and immediately eliminate such threats.