Islamabad accuses Afghanistan of failing to act against militant groups that carry out attacks in Pakistan, which the Taliban government denies. […] An Afghan official reported multiple civilians wounded near the Torkham border crossing, at a camp for people returning from Pakistan.
The groups in question are the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) and ISIS-K.
I have no idea whose side Pakistan is on.
This other article has some details. Note there is more to it than just this excerpt, I might be leaving out key information unintentionally while trying to find a source
Over the weekend, Pakistan carried out strikes on seven camps allegedly belonging to the Pakistani Taliban—also known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)—and an Islamic State (ISIS)-affiliated group located in the Afghanistan provinces of Nangarhar and Paktika, according to Pakistan’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Kabul said the strikes had hit civilian homes and a religious school and killed at least 18 people. The airstrikes killed at least 13 civilians in Afghanistan, according to the U.N. mission in Afghanistan. Pakistan claimed that the airstrikes killed at least 80 militants.
Islamabad has accused Kabul of hosting groups, including TTP, that have carried out recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan. The Taliban have publicly denied hosting TTP and other terrorist groups.
Citing a series of suicide bombing attacks this month, including an attack on Feb. 6 that killed more than 30 people at a mosque in Islamabad, the information ministry said in a Feb. 21 statement that it had “conclusive evidence” that the acts were perpetrated by militants at the “behest of their Afghanistan-based leadership and handlers.” The ministry also asserted that the Taliban has “failed to undertake any substantive action against” terrorist groups based in Afghanistan.
They don’t either, so you’re in good company.
China’s. They’re basically a Chinese vassal these days.
They’re on china’s side against India, I don’t know that they’re that close as nations otherwise
They’re completely economically dependent on China so that’s pretty much a moot point.
I’m not sure if it’s that clear, I’ve also seen accusations the other way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypher_No._I-0678
I think in reality, the world has shifted a lot from the bipolarity of the cold war and it’s no longer possible (or productive) to try and figure out which “side” every nation is on.
Maybe the president of peace will fix it.
I sure hope the US doesn’t smell the blood, oil, and shareholder value.
Always quite ok when two countries aligned against the West fight. One of them having nukes a bit worrysome.
