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Afghanistan

Afghanistan and Pakistan resume fighting in the disputed border area

2024-09-08

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Pakistani border troops and members of the Taliban movement (the organization is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities) who seized power in Afghanistan resumed fighting on September 7 in the disputed border area in the Afghan province of Khost. This was reported by the Tolo News TV channel, citing a source.

“On Saturday at approximately 16:00 (14:30. - Ed.) more clashes occurred between Afghan and Pakistani forces along the Durand Line in the Zazi Maidan district of Khost province,” the report said.

According to the TV channel, the fighting continues. The parties are using heavy weapons, among other things. Earlier, clashes on the border were reported on September 4.

The Durand Line is a barbed wire fence that Pakistani authorities began installing on the border with Afghanistan in 2017.

The fence in 2017, yes. The Durand Line was drawn on the map by the British empire generations ago.

Kabul does not recognize the division between the countries. The territorial dispute has been ongoing since the formation of independent Pakistan in 1947.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, there have previously been battles between Afghanistan and Pakistan in border areas, which have resulted in casualties among military personnel.

In November 2022, Kabul and Islamabad tried to negotiate an end to the conflict, but failed to reach an agreement.

Posted by:badanov

#5 ^ He had quite a bit to say:

Kipling and Afghanistan : a study of the young author as journalist writing on the Afghan Border Crisis of 1884-1885

"White Man's Burden" address of imperialism is equally appropriate here, as it was for Roosevelt regarding the Philippines.

Posted by: Skidmark 2024-09-08 11:23

#4 "Let's you and him fight!"

I wonder what Mr. Kipling would make of all this.

Posted by: SteveS 2024-09-08 09:51

#3 Can't we all just get along? (in the meantime, who brought the popcorn).

Posted by: Mercutio 2024-09-08 08:54

#2 Another stroke of failed Pommie genius and feckless foreign intervention, circa 1893:

Posted by: Besoeker 2024-09-08 05:56

#1 Both sides deserve our help.

Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-09-08 01:51

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