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The ongoing conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan resumed yesterday around 7:30 pm Indian time after a 60-hour pause. Reports indicate that exchanges of fire broke out between the armies of the two countries, and Pakistan targeted six Afghan posts and deployed tanks with artillery, anti-tank missiles, and drones. A video of a drone strike on a Pakistani post from Afghanistan was also released by Taliban-affiliated media.
The Pakistani Army launched its first attack on Afghanistan at 7:47 pm Indian time with an artillery strike on an Afghan Army post on the Paktika-Kurram border. In a second attack, the Pakistani Army also targeted an Afghan post on the Paktika-Kurram border. Subsequently, at around 11 pm, the Pakistani Army struck a third Afghan Army post on the Paktika-Kurram border, sending smoke billowing from the area.
Pakistani Army Launches Drone Attack on Afghanistan
Following this, the Pakistani Army launched drone strikes against the Afghan Army, first targeting an Afghan Army tank moving in Paktika, followed by drone attacks on Pakistani tanks located along other borders. A photo shared by the Pakistani Army with Pakistani media claimed that the Pakistani Army attacked tanks at the Shamshad Post, located on a hilltop on the Nangarhar-Khyber border, with anti-tank missiles.
Following this, the Pakistani Army also used drones to attack the Afghan Army’s Naresgar Post, located on the Khosht-Khosht Ghulam Khan-North Waziristan Miranshah border, targeting a stationary tank there. Meanwhile, the Afghan Taliban’s Al-Mirsad channel shared a drone video of the Afghan Army destroying the Pakistani post.
Video surfaced
Videos from Afghanistan also showed Afghan army vehicles heading towards the Ghulam Shah border in Khost and the Kandahar-Chaman Spin Boldak border to respond to Pakistan’s sudden attack. Unidentified drones were also seen flying over the capital, Kabul, during the Pakistani attacks. According to current information, the Afghan army has asked residents living in residential areas along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border to leave their homes and move to safety.
According to Afghan media, the armies of both countries have been exchanging fire since last night. It should be noted that last Saturday, at 9:23 pm Indian time, the Afghan army launched a surprise attack on seven border points to avenge Pakistan’s airstrikes in Kabul and Paktika. According to Afghanistan, 58 Pakistani soldiers were killed, 40 Pakistani posts were destroyed, and 25 were captured. However, Pakistan only acknowledged the deaths of 23 soldiers and claimed that the Afghan army suffered significant losses in its retaliatory action.
Afghanistan Responds to the Attack
After inflicting losses on Pakistan, Afghanistan declared a ceasefire at 1 am Indian time on Sunday at the call of Saudi Arabia and Qatar. However, the Pakistani army resumed its attack on the Afghan army after the ceasefire, which continued until 7 am, after which the Afghan government claimed that there was peace on the border.
However, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry expressed strong outrage over the Afghan government’s statement issued on Monday regarding Pakistani security forces firing on unarmed protesters and killing over 280 people in Muridke, Pakistan’s Punjab province. Then, yesterday, the Pakistani army again attacked the Afghan army.
Afghan Army Seizes Pakistani Army Weapons
It should be noted that after Saturday’s attack on Pakistan, the Afghan army had also seized Pakistani army weapons and brought them back to Afghanistan. Five Pakistani soldiers are still held hostage by the Afghan army. For the past two days, there was an atmosphere of celebration in Afghanistan, and yesterday, the Afghan army displayed the pants and seized weapons of captured Pakistani soldiers at a public celebration in Nangarhar to celebrate their defeat of Pakistan in Saturday’s conflict.
In addition to last night’s clash between the Pakistani and Afghan armies, three explosions were reported at 1:30 a.m. in the Mastung area of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, but the cause remains unclear. Furthermore, neither the Afghan government nor the Pakistani army has issued an official statement on the clash with Pakistan, which began at 7:47 p.m. last night. It will be interesting to see whether Pakistan attacked Afghan military bases to protect its reputation or for some other reason.
