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Zabiullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban government, left, and Taliban’s Refugee and Repatriation Minister Haji Khalil ur Rahman Haqqani, right, attend a ceremony marking the 9th anniversary of the death of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the late leader and founder of the Taliban, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 24, 2022. Credit: AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi Advertisement In 1947, Pakistan emerged as an independent country in the wake of the Partition from India. That year, Afghanistan was the only country that voted against Pakistan’s admission to the United Nations. Since that time, the relationship between the two countries has remained strained as deep disputes remain. The undeclared war between them is far from over. At present, Pakistan is doubling down on hopes for complete domination of Afghanistan by backing the most extreme elements of the Taliban, which could lead to mass armed uprisings by Afghans against Pakistani domination and renewed conflict in the region. Western engagement therefore should focus on empowering the nationalist elements of the Taliban to outmaneuver the extremists backed by Pakistan in order to seek a peaceful resolution of the conflict: internally with other Afghans, and externally with Pakistan. Undeclared Wars From 1947 to 1978, Afghanistan was heavily involved in the internal affairs of Pakistan, where separatist Pashtuns and Balochs received political, financial, and military support from Kabul as Afghanistan sought to realize its demand t...

ISLAMABAD — Officials in Pakistan said Thursday a fresh round of "indiscriminate" cross-border artillery shelling by Afghanistan's Taliban forces on civilian targets had killed one person and wounded 15 others. Women and children were among the victims. The attack sparked the intermittent exchange of fire near the Chaman border crossing but no details of losses on the Afghan side were immediately known. Pakistani and Taliban officials accused the other of initiating the latest conflict, underscoring growing strains in otherwise friendly bilateral ties. "Unfortunately, today there was another shooting by Pakistani soldiers in Spin Boldak ... and it's caused clashes," the Taliban defense ministry said in a statement, naming the Afghan side of the Chaman crossing. Rescue workers escort a man injured during cross-border shelling and gunfire, at a hospital in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman, Pakistan, Dec. 15, 2022. It stressed the need for solving problems through dialogue, warning that "negative actions and making excuses for war are not in the interest of any of the parties." On Sunday, Pakistan said that cross-border shelling and gunfire by Taliban forces targeted civilians just across the border region, killing seven Pakistanis and wounding around two dozen. Taliban authorities confirmed the skirmishes had resulted in the death of a Taliban border guard and 10 civilians on their side. However, Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif told parliament Monday th...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has experienced a spike in militant attacks, killing more than 450 people, mostly security forces, in the first nine months of this year. Officials dismiss the violence as "isolated incidents of terrorism." Islamabad attributes the resurgence in militancy to the Taliban takeover of the conflict-torn Afghanistan, where anti-Pakistan militants have taken refuge and continue to direct cross-border attacks from there. Officials have confirmed the death of nearly 350 soldiers and personnel of other law enforcement agencies in hundreds of attacks in the first nine months of 2022. The outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also known as the Pakistani Taliban, has claimed or is blamed for many of the attacks. Security officials told VOA that the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan, has experienced the highest number of TTP attacks, killing 96 soldiers and wounding at least 280 others. Separately, the provincial police department has confirmed the deaths of 82 police personnel. FILE - Pakistan Army troops patrol along the fence on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Big Ben hilltop post in Khyber district, Pakistan, Aug. 3, 2021. The remaining casualties in 2022 occurred elsewhere in Pakistan, largely in southwestern Baluchistan province, where ethnic Baluch insurgents have stepped up deadly ambushes and gun attacks against security forces. The natural resources-rich province borders Afghanistan and Iran. Pakistani security for...

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