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Taliban Pakistan War: A Pakistani paramilitary soldier was killed and 11 others were injured in firing by Afghan Taliban forces on Pakistan’s border posts. The firing incident came a few days after Pakistan targeted terrorists of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Defense department sources said that Afghan soldiers opened unprovoked firing on several Pakistani border posts in ‘Upper Kurram’ district on Saturday morning. Sources said that Afghan soldiers fired with light and heavy weapons on border posts located in Ghojgarhi, Matha Sangar, Kot Ragha and Tari Mengal areas.
He said that the Pakistani army retaliated, causing heavy damage on the other side and seven to eight Afghan army personnel were killed in the firing. Sources said that one soldier of Pakistan ‘Frontier Constabulary’ was killed and 11 other soldiers were injured in the firing.
This incident of firing came at a time when Pakistan attacked banned TTP terrorists by targeting terrorist hideouts in Paktika province of Afghanistan.
On Friday night, terrorists attempted to infiltrate Pakistani territory using posts controlled by the Afghan Taliban, which was foiled. After this, Afghan Taliban forces attacked on Saturday.
Pakistan had carried out an airstrike
On Tuesday night, Pakistan carried out an airstrike in Afghanistan in which at least 46 people were killed. Most of these dead were children and women.
The Taliban regime has lodged a strong protest with Islamabad on this issue and warned that Afghanistan’s territorial sovereignty is a red line. However, Islamabad has not yet said anything on the airstrike.
Pakistan and Afghanistan, once considered friends, are standing against each other today. How did this friendship turn into enmity:-
The biggest reason for the enmity between Islamabad and Kabul is Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP or Pakistani Taliban). The aim of the TTP is to overthrow the Pakistani government by carrying out a terrorist campaign against the Pakistani armed forces and the state.
In recent times, Islamabad has repeatedly accused the Afghan government of harboring armed groups, especially the TTP. The TTP is claimed to carry out cross-border attacks targeting Pakistani security forces, but Kabul has rejected Islamabad’s claims.
Just last week, TTP fighters claimed responsibility for killing at least 16 Pakistani soldiers in South Waziristan, one of the deadliest attacks on security personnel in recent times.
According to a media report, in a UN Security Council briefing last week, Pakistani diplomat Usman Iqbal Jadoon said, “With 6,000 fighters, the TTP is the largest listed terrorist organization operating in Afghanistan. With safe havens near our border, it poses a direct and daily threat to Pakistan’s security.”
Figures show that attacks and deaths have increased, especially in Pakistan’s restive northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and southwestern Balochistan province. Both these provinces border Afghanistan.
According to Pakistan’s Home Ministry, at least 924 people have died in more than 1,500 violent incidents in the first 10 months of this year. The casualties include at least 570 law enforcement personnel and 351 civilians.
According to the report, Islamabad-based research organisation, Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), has reported more than 856 attacks so far in 2024, up from 645 incidents recorded in 2023.
