Posted on 02/27/2026 10:18:20 AM PST by RandFan
Residents of Kabul's District 6 were awakened abruptly on Thursday night by the sound of an explosion that shook their homes. They rushed out in the street and heard jets flying overhead.
It was a night that saw a serious escalation in violence between Afghanistan and Pakistan, with Pakistan launching airstrikes in Afghanistan - including its capital city, Kabul. Other places struck were in Paktia and Kandahar provinces, the latter a stronghold and the birthplace of the Taliban movement.
Hostilities between the two sides have been ongoing for months, yet the answer to who started the aggression depends on who you ask.
Earlier in the night, Afghanistan's Taliban government said it had launched a major ground operation against Pakistani military positions near the border, claiming to have captured several posts, and also claiming to have captured and killed Pakistani soldiers.
The Taliban government says they were "retaliatory operations" - a response after "Pakistani military elements carried out an incursion into Afghan territory, violated Afghan sovereignty, and caused the deaths of several civilians, including women and children".
They were referring to an earlier round of Pakistani airstrikes carried out less than a week ago - on the night of 21 February - targeting the eastern Nangarhar and Paktika provinces. The United Nations has said it has credible reports that 13 Afghan civilians were killed in those strikes.
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100%👍. Couldn’t agree more.
I have to wonder if Iran could try to deal with Pakistan for some of those nukes. I’m sure both sides would love to use them on us.
That would make Pakistan weaker vis-a-vis India.
They hate the Indians far more then they hate us.
So its possible but unlikely. Also the Paks are Sunni, so that’s another problem.
They’re trying to one up istan each other
Well put.
Why not?
The Paks love to fight with everyone around them...
Because MuMed is really Ba’al and laughs when “his children” slaughter each other?
It’s what they do when there’s no common enemy
Because they can.
Got it. Thanks!
I’m going to say that they put their tribal values aside when they were focused on the United States. Now that the US is no longer a focus, they’ve gone back to fighting each other.
But, given that these two parties are Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban, it has considerable entertainment value. May they live forever in each others' company.
I prefer that Pakistan nukes Afghanistan. There’d be less Pakistani nukes and less Afghan Taliban.
Pakistan is going to have a credibility problem attacking after the US for 20 years. Some terror, of course, but mostly laughter and taunt.
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