The reversal exposes the collapse of Islamabad’s long-standing strategy of using Afghanistan as a buffer against India and highlights its growing loss of control over the very militants it once nurtured.

By bno Chennai Office India’s hosting of the Taliban’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi marked a pivotal moment in New Delhi’s pragmatic realignment of its Afghan policy, reflecting a calculated effort to secure national interests amid shifting regional dynamics and ongoing security challenges.

As it elevates its relationship with India, Afghanistan’s Taliban government is striking a delicate balance in the region.

Afghanistan said that the overnight border operations were in response to what it called repeated violations of its territory and airspace by Pakistan. | World News

Pakistan strongly rejects assertions and insinuations by the Interim Afghan Foreign Minister in India to divert attention from the presence of terrorist elements in Afghanistan. By making these baseless assertions, the Taliban regime cannot absolve itself of its responsibilities towards regional peace and stability, it added.

Pakistan uprooted the Taliban with U.S. help in the 2010s. But the insurgency has resurfaced with assistance from the Afghan Taliban.

Tensions flare along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border as Pakistani forces shell a Taliban checkpoint, forcing fighters to flee for cover. The attack comes amid escalating cross-border retaliations following Taliban strikes in Kabul and southeastern Afghanistan.

Afghanistan and Pakistan face renewed conflict along their volatile border. Deadly clashes erupted after Kabul accused Islamabad of bombing its territory. Pakistan claims Afghan forces attacked first.