Border Tensions
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Afghanistan
Taliban Official Issues Strong Warning to Pakistan Over Border Tensions
DID Press: Noorullah Noori warned Pakistan that continued tensions could lead the country to face a fate similar to that of past foreign powers in Afghanistan. Noori, who serves as the Minister of Borders, Ethnicities and Tribes Affairs in the…
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Afghanistan
Border Tensions: Pakistan Fence Sparks Afghan Territory Claims, Taliban Deny Incursion
DID Press: Recent social media posts and satellite imagery suggest that Pakistani border forces have extended fencing roughly 12 kilometers into Afghanistan, enclosing an area of approximately 32 square kilometers in Paktika province. The fenced zone, shaped like an “L,”…
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Afghanistan
Reuters: China’s Mediation Eases Pakistan–Afghanistan Border Tensions
DID Press: Diplomatic efforts by China have helped reduce escalating border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to officials cited by Reuters. Three Pakistani government officials said Beijing’s mediation played a key role in calming clashes along the frontier, which…
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Afghanistan
UN: Taliban–Pakistan Border Tensions Disrupt Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan
DID Press: UN says escalating border tensions between the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan and Pakistan have created serious obstacles for the delivery of humanitarian aid into Afghanistan. According to Tom Fletcher, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, at least 167…
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Government
Tajikistan Turns to Russia as Border Tensions Reshape Central Asian Security
DID Press: Amid rising border tensions with Afghanistan, Tajikistan is once again looking to Russia for security guarantees, as competition among Russia, China and the Taliban increasingly reshapes the security architecture of Central Asia, a Western think tank has warned.…
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Analysis
Pakistan’s Role in Gaza: Diplomatic Opportunity or Risk of Domestic Instability?
DID Press: Domestic threats — including a prolonged fight against Islamist militant groups, border tensions, and pressure from anti-American and anti-Israeli movements with strong mobilization capacity — pose serious constraints on Pakistan’s foreign policy options. Any involvement of the Pakistan…
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Afghanistan
Afghan, Pakistani Clerics Signal De-escalation in Border Tensions
DID Press: A recent gathering of Afghan clerics in Kabul, presented publicly as a religious and social forum promoting peace and restraint, has also served as a platform for conveying indirect political messages to Pakistan and other regional actors, analysts…
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Afghanistan
Pakistan Claims Destruction of 3 Taliban Posts, Killing 23 Fighters
DID Press: Following renewed tensions along the Spin Boldak border in Kandahar, Pakistani media have reported that the country’s security forces, in response to what they say was a ceasefire violation by the Taliban authorities, destroyed three Taliban border posts…
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Afghanistan
Pakistani Airstrike on Khost Kills 9 Children Amid Rising Border Tensions
Did Press: A midnight airstrike by Pakistani forces on a residential home in Gurbuz district of Khost has killed nine children and one woman, while several civilians were wounded in Kunar and Paktika. The attack comes amid escalating border tensions…
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Afghanistan
Billions in Limbo as Trade Halted at Afghanistan-Pakistan Border
DID Press: Rising border tensions and political disputes between the Taliban government in Afghanistan and Pakistan have effectively halted formal trade between the two countries for over a month, leaving billions of dollars’ worth of goods stranded at border crossings.…
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