Tensions between the two countries have intensified since the Taliban came to power in Kabul in 2021.
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New deadly stage in the rise of tensions between the two countries. The Pakistan army killed 47 people during bombardments carried out on Saturday April 16 in eastern Afghanistan, according to an Afghan Taliban official on Sunday April 17.
The people who died in the Khost area were all civilians, “mainly women and children” according to the same Afghan official. “We are implementing all measures to prevent the repetition [de telles attaques] and ask that our sovereignty be respected”the government spokesman warned after the strikes on Saturday. “If a war breaks out, it will not be in the interests of either party”he added.
These attacks appear to be reprisals: seven Pakistani soldiers were killed Thursday, April 14 near the border, by “terrorists operating from Afghanistan”according to the Pakistani Foreign Ministry. Islamabad accuses Kabul of harboring Pakistani militants who carry out terrorist attacks against their country from Afghan territory. The Taliban deny these accusations and accuse Pakistan of building a fence along their common border, while thousands of people cross it every day, for example to seek treatment in Pakistan.