![A view of the damaged area following an airstrike carried out by Pakistan that kills civilians and destroys homes, leaving widespread devastation in, Afghanistan, on October 16, 2025. [Qudratullah Razwan - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/AA-20251016-39425348-39425343-PAKISTANI_AIRSTRIKE_HITS_AFGHANISTAN-1-1.jpg)
As Pakistan reignites its border war with Afghanistan, history repeats itself — empire’s old script plays again, with new actors and the same blood-soaked stage. The Pakistan–Afghanistan frontier burns once more. Over recent weeks, Pakistani airstrikes deep into Afghan territory and retaliatory Taliban assaults on border outposts have pushed the two erstwhile allies to the brink of open war. Civilians flee the bombardment; funerals follow every “precision strike.” Kabul accuses Islamabad of aggression. Pakistan claims self-defense against “terror sanctuaries.” The irony is almost Shakespearean. The Taliban — once nurtured, funded, and shielded by Pakistan’s military establishment — now stand declared its “enemy number one.” The same generals who armed these militants to project power across the Durand Line now accuse […]
