After several days of violent clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, both sides had agreed to stop the conflict. On Sunday (October 19), the defense ministers of both the countries met in Doha under the mediation of Qatar and Türkiye. After this meeting, Qatar issued a statement saying that both sides have agreed for further talks and cooperation.

Immediately after this good news for Pakistan, Qatar amended the statement, which gave an unexpected blow to Pakistan. In the initial statement, Qatar had mentioned the Durand Line between Afghanistan and Pakistan while discussing the ceasefire. The Durand Line is an imaginary border that was created during the British colonial era and Afghanistan never recognizes it. Due to this, there were protests and widespread reactions regarding this statement in Afghanistan.

Qatar removed mention of Durand Line from its statement

Later, Qatar removed the mention of Durand Line from its statement. This limit is no longer mentioned in the revised statement uploaded on the website of Qatar’s Foreign Ministry. Zalmay Khalilzad, former US Special Envoy to Afghanistan, said on social media platforms that Qatar has changed its earlier statement on the ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

What did the Defense Minister of Afghanistan say?

Meanwhile, Afghan Defense Minister Mullah Yakub Mujahid said in an online press conference from Doha that there was no discussion on the Durand Line during the talks. He clarified that there is no mention of Durand Line in the agreement and it is only an internal matter of both the countries. He also said that if Pakistan attacks, Afghanistan will not hesitate to retaliate.

The dispute regarding Durand Line has been going on for a long time. Afghanistan never accepts it, while Pakistan considers it the real international border. Due to this disagreement, violent clashes have taken place several times on the borders of both the countries.

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Afghan government spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid claimed in a press conference in Kabul that 58 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 30 were injured in the clash between Afghan security forces and Pakistani army last night (October 11). Afghan officials also said that more than 20 members of the Afghan security forces were injured or martyred. According to Mujahid, many weapons were also captured by Afghan forces in this operation.

Taliban spokesperson seriously accused the Pakistani army and government of training ISKP (Islamic State – Khorasan Province) terrorists and giving them shelter on their soil. He said that these terrorists are trained directly from Karachi and Islamabad airports and then sent to Afghanistan. Mujahid also claimed that the attacks in Tehran and Moscow were also planned from these centers in Pakistan.

At the beginning of the press conference, Zabiullah Mujahid informed that at present the situation on Pakistan-Afghanistan Durand Line is completely under control and illegal activities have been stopped on a large scale. He claimed that several concrete steps have recently been taken by the Afghan Defense Ministry to further strengthen the surveillance and security arrangements of the border areas.

Zabiullah Mujahid said the overall security situation in Afghanistan is in “excellent condition” and no major security or political crisis has arisen in the last eight months. According to Mujahid, those responsible for all the attacks carried out by terrorists from neighboring countries have either been killed or arrested.

ABP News has been exposing the camps of Islamic State Khorasan (ISKP) in Pakistan for the past several months, today Afghanistan government spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid informed that the head of “ISIS-Khorasan (ISKP)” and his top associates are currently hiding on Pakistani soil. Zabiullah Mujahid said in the press conference, “According to our accurate information, Shahab al-Muhajir, Abdul Hakeem Tawhidi, Sultan Aziz Azzam and Salahuddin Rajab are present on Pakistani soil and we demand the Government of Pakistan to hand them over to Afghanistan or expel them from Pakistan.”

Afghan government spokesperson warned Pakistan

Mujahid appealed to Pakistan to hand over terrorist leaders and important ISKP members to Afghanistan or expel them from Pakistan’s border. He warned that if this is not done, it could have serious and unexpected consequences.

The Defense Ministry of the Taliban government has said that if the opposing side again disregards Afghanistan’s border, the Afghan Armed Forces will protect the country’s borders with full preparation and will give a strong response.

Initially Torkham border was closed. Torkham border is one of the main trade routes of these two countries. Later Pakistan closed all the main border crossings with Afghanistan. There is a 2,611 km long Durand Line between the two countries, which Afghanistan never recognizes.

Rift in relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan

Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan are not good after the Taliban returned to power in 2021. Pakistan alleges that terrorists are getting shelter in Afghanistan, while the Afghan government has been denying it.

Tension on the borders of Afghanistan and Pakistan

Pakistan had carried out an airstrike in Afghanistan, after which Afghan Taliban forces on the borders last night (11 October) attacked several targets in the border districts of Pakistan, such as Paktia, Paktika, Kunar, Khost, Helmand and Nangarhar. The Taliban says that this action was taken in response to Pakistan’s airstrike, in which a market in Afghanistan was targeted.

The Pakistani army also retaliated and claimed to have destroyed several Afghan targets. Media reports and video footage showed that Pakistani forces suffered heavy losses, some positions were destroyed and weapons fell into the hands of the Taliban. Drones and radar systems were also affected.

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