Posted on 11/06/2025 11:12:46 AM PST by Red Badger
Afghan and Pakistani troops briefly exchanged fire along their shared border on Thursday, both nations said, on the same day talks to find a lasting peace restarted in Istanbul.
Each nation blamed the other for starting the exchange of gunfire near Spin Boldak, an Afghan border town towards the south of their 2,600-km (1,600-mile) frontier.
There were no reports of casualties, and spokespeople for both sides said they remained committed to a ceasefire and continued dialogue in Istanbul.
Militaries from the South Asian neighbors previously clashed last month, with dozens killed in the worst such violence since the Taliban returned to power in Kabul in 2021.
Both sides signed a ceasefire in Doha on Oct. 19, but a second round of negotiations in Istanbul last week ended without a long-term deal, due to a disagreement over militant groups hostile to Pakistan operating inside Afghanistan.
“We hope that wisdom prevails and peace is restored in the region,” Pakistan‘s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif told reporters on Wednesday.
He said Islamabad was pursuing a “one-point agenda” of convincing Afghanistan to rein in militants attacking Pakistani forces across their shared border, allegedly with the Taliban’s knowledge.
Two government sources said the head of Pakistan‘s military intelligence wing, Asim Malik, was leading the Pakistani delegation.
The Afghan delegation is led by intelligence chief Abdul Haq Wasiq, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid told state broadcaster RTA.
TALKS AIMED AT PREVENTING REPEAT OF VIOLENCE
Pakistan and the Taliban had for decades enjoyed warm ties, but relations have deteriorated sharply in recent years.
Islamabad accuses the Taliban of harboring the Pakistani Taliban, a separate militant group that has clashed repeatedly with the Pakistani military. Kabul denies this, saying it has no control over the group.
The October clashes began after Pakistani airstrikes earlier in the month on Kabul, the Afghan capital, among other locations, targeting the head of the Pakistani Taliban.
The Afghan Taliban administration responded with attacks on Pakistani military posts along the length of the border, which remains closed to trade.
While the ceasefire between the two nations’ militaries had held until Thursday’s exchanges, clashes have continued between the Pakistani military and the Pakistani Taliban throughout the period, with multiple deaths reported on both sides.
That’s just the way say hi to each other in the muzzie world. Then they make lulu sounds and howl into the air. It’s all very civilized.
Spin spin.
Can we give Afghanistan a couple pre-programmed nukes so they can wipe each other off the map?
Just sayin’......
This is a conflict that Pres trump does not need to mediate a peace accord for. Let both sides fight it out in an expensive and high casualty conflict.
Also, if any Muslims wish to leave the United States to go fight in this war, allow them, but do not allow them back into our country.
Afghanistan should have gotten the better of that exchange, if they used any of the stash we left when biden abandoned them ....
President Trump had the ultimate boss in Pakistan to the WH this summer Chief of Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir.
I see Pakistan fighting the Taliban and President Trump demanding use of Bagram Air Base recently.
Why?
To get Iran.
Now that Gaza is being ‘settled’ its onto Iran and President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu seem bent on it IMHO.
They want to line Turkey, Qatar, Saudis up to support taking out Iran.
https://jpost.com/israel-news/article-868411
Well, the Afghan army is well equipped with all that abandoned U.S. military equipment!
Ah! Spin Boldak, AKA "Spin." I spent significant time in that busted out craphole back in 2010 or so. One of the shittiest places I ever lived in and believe me, I lived and worked in shitholes all over the East and Mideast for years. Spin was a cut below most of them.
Yawn.
Have a party, guys!
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