It seems that US President Donald Trump has already indicated his position on the Pakistan-Afghan conflict, and the evidence lies in his previous speeches.Addressing tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Trump said he “gets on very well” with Pakistan, and praised Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief General Asim Munir – remarks that many viewed as a clear diplomatic tilt.
Is Trump pulling the strings of Pakistan’s war against Afghanistan? | Bagram base and the rivalry between China and Russia at stake?
“Well, I will do that, but I get along with Pakistan, you know, very well. Very well. You have a great prime minister. You have a great general there. You have a great leader. I think a couple of people that I really respect very much, I think Pakistan is in very good shape, you know,” Trump said while responding to reporters.This is not the first time Trump has praised Pakistan. He had earlier described the Prime Minister and the Army General as “great” and “amazing”. Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have escalated sharply, with the two militaries now directly involved and launching attacks against each other.Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan erupted into open conflict on February 26 after cross-border firing along multiple border provinces.according to
Taliban
According to officials, the attack began at around 8 pm local time across eastern Afghan provinces bordering Pakistan, including Nangarhar, Kunar and Khost.
Islamabad accused the Afghan Taliban of firing “unjustified fire” on the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and said that its forces responded immediately.Within hours, Pakistan carried out air and artillery strikes inside Afghanistan, including in Kabul and the border areas. The Taliban claimed that they responded with drone attacks targeting Pakistani military sites. The two sides released sharply different casualty figures and accused each other of striking military sites as well as causing civilian harm.While many of the allegations on the battlefield are yet to be verified, the rapid escalation from border exchanges to airstrikes and drone attacks has marked an unprecedented and serious deterioration in relations between the two neighbours.
