20 April 2022

Tensions Between Pakistan and the Taliban Explode After Pakistani Airstrikes

Trevor Filseth L

Pakistan’s military launched a series of airstrikes on the Afghan provinces of Khost and Kunar on Saturday, leading to the deaths of at least forty-seven civilians and raising concerns of retribution from the Taliban-led government in Kabul, according to AFP.

Afghan officials announced the death toll the following day, also noting that twenty-two civilians had been injured. Shabir Ahmad Osmani, an official in Khost, claimed that the attacks had taken place near the “Durand Line,” the border dividing Afghanistan and Pakistan that was drawn by a British official and went into effect in 1919.

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