Pakistan Launches Fresh Attacks Inside Afghanistan Amid Rising Tensions (www.rferl.org)
from Beep@lemmus.org to world@lemmy.world on 22 Feb 13:31
https://lemmus.org/post/20363877

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said they are preparing “an appropriate and calculated response” to Pakistani air strikes that killed at least 18 people in Nangarhar and Paktika provinces.

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TriplePlaid@wetshav.ing on 22 Feb 13:59 next collapse

Ironic that Pakistan provided so much funding to the Taliban over the years only to one day see themselves fighting the Taliban. A familiar story…

Sounds like there will be more to come in this conflict. I really don’t see what Pakistani leadership hopes to solve long term by repeating mistakes of other countries (carrying out imprecise strikes with complete disregard for collateral damage) which led to intractable conflict rather than solutions in Afghanistan in the past.

green_red_black@slrpnk.net on 22 Feb 15:41 collapse

Ultimately just having Khyber Pakhtunkhwa fully secure is the militaries goal. Pakistan’s Military does not really care who rules Afghanistan, just don’t let terror groups that attack Pakistan free range to work there.

hector@lemmy.today on 22 Feb 14:44 collapse

I was gifted a nytimes subscription, and I learn about this stuff from lemmy. God how the nytimes sucks now they don’t even bother reporting on stuff.