Tension on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is once again on the rise. The ongoing clashes between the two countries have not only shaken the border areas but have also destabilized the security situation of South Asia. In the latest development, a 48-hour ceasefire has been declared after the conflict between the two armies in the Spin Boldak area, but before this ceasefire, some videos went viral on social media, which heated up the entire controversy.

Just hours before the ceasefire, some videos surfaced on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), purportedly showing Taliban forces capturing Pakistani tanks. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed that his fighters responded to Pakistani shelling, killing several Pakistani soldiers, destroying some military installations and capturing Pakistani tanks and weapons. It has been claimed that the tanks shown in the video were actually Soviet-era T-55 tanks, which are part of the Afghan Army’s old stock and have been in use since the 1980s. People are considering the viral video as AI generated. For this reason ABP News does not verify the video. On the other hand, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif completely denied this claim and said, “We do not have the tanks that they are calling ours.” Perhaps he might have bought those tanks from a scrap dealer.

BREAKING: Afghan Taliban forces have seized a tank from Pakistan army and taken it to Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/8KGSrHohjE

— OSINT Updates (@OsintUpdates) October 15, 2025

Background of border skirmishes

These clashes started when Pakistan’s security positions were attacked from the Afghan border. Pakistan responded with air strikes, after which the situation became more serious. Spin Boldak, which is located in the south-east of Afghanistan, has always been a disputed area between the two countries. Dozens of soldiers and civilians were killed in fighting last weekend. A statement issued by Afghanistan said that their forces killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in operations conducted overnight, while according to Pakistan the number was only 23. Pakistani officials, in retaliation, claimed that they had captured 19 border posts of Afghanistan.

Pak Army just lost its tanks — to #AfghanTaliban,#Taliban seized a cache of light & heavy weapons, incl tanks, & moved them across Spin Boldak border.

A massive humiliation. The myth of #Pakistan‘s ‘military might’ is falling apart — one tank at a time.#AfghanistanAndPakistan pic.twitter.com/p2GZAISk6T

— Ashok Kumar Bhat (@AshokBhat_KP) October 16, 2025

Ceasefire and diplomatic efforts

After continuous clashes, both the countries signed a 48-hour ceasefire agreement. Islamabad said that this ceasefire is an opportunity for constructive dialogue and finding a peace solution. At the same time, Afghanistan also accepted the ceasefire, but it repeated the allegation on Pakistan that Islamabad had first started the clash by carrying out air strikes. According to the report of news agency AFP, local residents of Spin Boldak are now gradually returning to their homes from where they had fled during the fighting. However, the situation on the border still remains tense and there are reports of heavy military deployment from both sides.

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Amidst the increasing attacks from the border of Afghanistan and the security crisis, Pakistan’s tone has become more poisonous. On Wednesday (15 October 2025), Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said that now it has become difficult to trust the Taliban government of Afghanistan. He claims that the recent decisions of the Taliban government are against the interests of Pakistan and India’s influence is clearly visible in them.

While talking to a Pakistani TV channel, Khawaja Asif said that terrorist attacks from Afghanistan are continuously increasing. According to him, in the last few months, terrorists have carried out several attacks on the border posts of Pakistan, but the Taliban government has not taken any concrete action against them. Pakistan says that it tried several times to talk to Afghanistan through diplomatic channels, but no satisfactory response was received from there.

working at the behest of India

Asif alleged that Taliban is now working at the behest of India. He claimed that Taliban is fighting India’s proxy war against Pakistan. Tension remains between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the presence of cross-border terrorism Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and refugee issues. After Taliban came to power, Pakistan thought that Afghanistan would understand its security concerns, but the opposite happened. TTP has again increased its activity in the tribal areas of Pakistan, due to which Islamabad’s concern has increased further. However, in the current conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan, dozens of people have died from both sides.

What is proxy war?

Proxy war is a war which is not fought directly by any country, but is fought by some other group or country. Simply put, the real fight is someone else’s, but a third party gets the benefit. Pakistan alleges that terrorist activities are increasing on Afghan soil, which is causing losses to them. Let us tell you that proxy war has been used many times in international politics, like during the Cold War, America and the Soviet Union fought wars in other countries through their respective supporters.

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