ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s defense minister early Friday said that his country had run out of “patience” and now considers itself in an “open war” with neighboring Afghanistan after both sides launched strikes following what Islamabad described as an Afghan cross-border attack.
In a post on X, Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif said Pakistan had hoped for peace in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of NATO forces and expected the Taliban to focus on the welfare of the Afghan people and regional stability. Instead, he alleged, the Taliban had turned Afghanistan “into a colony of India,” gathered militants from around the world and begun “exporting terrorism.”
“Our patience has now run out. Now it is open war between us,” he said. There has been no reaction from Afghan government officials to Asif’s comments.
Pakistan has frequently accused neighboring India of backing the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army and the Pakistani Taliban, allegations New Delhi denies.
Show this to every “US empire is gonna collapse any second now” person here. There’s still a lot of foederati to fight the Empire’s wars for it, without yankee soldiers ever lifting a finger
Afaik the idea isn’t that the US empire will fall in five minutes, just that it’s showing its decay and doing everything it can to remain the only hegemon
Not every war is caused by the USA. Pakistan and Afghanistan have had low level conflicts since Pakistani independence.
Both countries share borders with Iran 👀
Can’t have a world war without everyone joining in and having a good time
One thing I find concerning for this sudden hostility is that the Taliban recently announced that if America goes to war with Iran they’ll join in on Iran’s side
Not an expert on the region but AFAIK Pakistan is definitely a Yankee stooge.
Sure, because anyone that ever fought in Afghanistan had nothing but a string of successes.
The Afghans seem to have done well.
Does the defense minister of Pakistan have the legal authority to declare war?
