Blue on blue???
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Afghanistan and Pakistan exchanged significant cross-border fire Thursday in an escalation of hostilities along their shared border, according to multiple reports.
The clashes came after the Taliban said it launched retaliatory strikes on Pakistani military positions, while Islamabad said it was responding to unprovoked fire in the area.
Reuters reported that both forces clashed for more than two hours along their roughly 2,600-kilometer (1,615-mile) border, threatening a ceasefire that had been agreed to in 2025 after fighting.
Full article, HERE from Fox News.
Something tells me the ISI has lost control of the Taliban...
It has long been known/surmised (depending on whom you listen to) that the ISI is really responsible for the formation and success of the Taliban in Afghanistan going back to the late 90s early 2000s, HERE. This is in addition to the ISI’s involvement in various Paki operations against India over the years.
The problem is the egos/tribes/mujahedin involved in Afghanistan don’t like being ‘controlled’ by anybody, and once the egos get involved, all bets are off.
The real question is what is going to happen next, and how far the Pakis will go in retaliation. Will the Afghanis glow in the future? I don’t know...
One of the ‘interesting’ things in the pictures in the article is the amount of American equipment the Taliban have now- Hummers, M-4s, M-16s, etc.
What, Afghanistan and Pakistan lobbing shells at one another.
Oh, gosh.
Anyway.....
I'd think that the greatest worry preventing Pakistan from even trying to make the Taliban glow-in-the-dark, is whether or not their devices are reliable enough to risk attempting to set them off. At the moment, the world treats Pakistan with at least a little bit of respect since they are known to have nukes. If they attempt to use them (which will piss off a LOT of countries around the world) and then they don't work?!? Well, suddenly they they have MUCH bigger problems than just the Taliban.