On February 27, the Pakistani air force bombed the Taliban headquarters, killing 200 armed militants on the spot. The supreme leader, Akhundzada, is reported to be missing in action!
According to information disclosed by the Pakistani military, the precision and scope of this airstrike exceeded previous conventional operations. Instead of lingering near the border, the Pakistani Air Force penetrated deep into Afghanistan, targeting Kabul, Kandahar province, and Paktia province.
Kabul is the political and military nerve center of the Taliban; Kandahar is the birthplace and spiritual homeland of the Taliban; and Paktia is a key corridor connecting the two countries. The Pakistani military's hit list was long: two battalions were eliminated in Kabul, a military headquarters and battalion in Kandahar, along with ammunition depots and logistics bases were also wiped out, and a military headquarters in Paktia was not spared either.
It is said that the Pakistani airstrikes killed approximately 200 armed personnel on the spot. Moreover, there were rumors that the Taliban's supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, was also on the bombing list, and he might have been "missing in action." Although no official party has confirmed Akhundzada's fate so far, such rumors themselves indicate the intensity of the strike—the Pakistanis were clearly attempting a "decapitation operation," or at least conducting a devastating physical elimination of the Taliban's top command.
According to Pakistan, the trigger was an attack by Afghan forces on a Pakistani border post. This seemed like a routine cycle of retaliation, but Pakistan's response was unusually severe because this trigger ignited a long-buried powder keg.
The Afghan Taliban has been sheltering the Pakistani Taliban (TTP). TTP has established training camps in Afghanistan, planned and carried out attacks within Pakistan, and has collaborated with the notorious Baloch insurgents, causing numerous casualties among Chinese engineers and preventing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor from developing. This has affected Pakistan's fundamental development.
Daguo believes that the border attack on the 26th may have been the last straw for Islamabad. By defining this operation as an "open war," Pakistan no longer views the opposing side as a negotiation partner but as a security threat that must be eradicated by force. This significant shift in classification is the root cause of this large-scale airstrike.
Escalation of Border Conflict Between Pakistan and Afghanistan
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