{"id":1104,"date":"2025-03-08T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T19:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2025-03-08T00:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T19:31:22","slug":"escalation-of-tensions-on-the-durand-line-pakistan-initiates-extensive-airstrikes-in-eastern-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/escalation-of-tensions-on-the-durand-line-pakistan-initiates-extensive-airstrikes-in-eastern-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Escalation of Tensions on the Durand Line: Pakistan Initiates Extensive Airstrikes in Eastern Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Weezha Roz<\/span>-Kabul<\/strong>-This development comes at a time when both sides of the border have witnessed intermittent military and security clashes in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>The Durand Line, a 2,670-kilometer border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, demarcated by the British in 1893, has always been a point of contention in relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Afghan government does not recognize this line as an official border, and insurgent groups, including the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), have used the border areas to carry out cross-border attacks.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, the increase in border attacks and Pakistani military operations in these areas has escalated tensions to unprecedented levels.<\/p>\n<p>According to the media outlet KDR News, which is close to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Pakistan&#8217;s military has recently moved JF-17 Thunder fighter jets (a joint production between Pakistan and China) and advanced WL-2 drones to the airbases in Quetta (the capital of Balochistan province) and Peshawar (the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province).<\/p>\n<p>These military transfers coincide with increased movements of Pakistani ground forces along the Durand Line.<\/p>\n<p>A military source from the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, in an interview with the media, warned that &#8220;this time, Pakistan&#8217;s border posts along the Durand Line will be targeted by unprecedented and suppressive attacks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So far, Afghan government officials in Kabul have not officially responded to these claims, but local sources in Nangarhar have reported an increase in Taliban military activities along the border areas.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights organizations and local agencies have expressed concerns that airstrikes could lead to civilian casualties in residential areas near the border.<\/p>\n<p>Experts emphasize that with this move, Pakistan aims to simultaneously exert pressure on the Afghan government to rein in the TTP while showcasing its military presence along the borders.<\/p>\n<p>Weezha Roz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weezha Roz-Kabul-This development comes at a time when both sides of the border have witnessed intermittent military and security clashes in recent months. The Durand Line, a 2,670-kilometer border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, demarcated by the British in 1893, has always been a point of contention in relations between the two countries. The Afghan government &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}