00:00Say, say, say, say, say, say, say.
00:02Alhamdulillah, the Pakistan, the Prophet, the Prophet, the Prophet.
00:19This is no longer just border tension.
00:23Pakistan has declared what it calls open war against Afghanistan's Taliban government.
00:29Airstrikes have hit Kabul.
00:31Bombs reportedly fell in Kandahar.
00:34Dozens are claimed dead on both sides.
00:36And now both governments are accusing each other of massive casualties,
00:41captured soldiers, and even a downed fighter jet.
00:44Here's exactly what happened and why this could become
00:48the most dangerous Afghanistan-Pakistan escalation in years.
00:52The latest clash began when Afghan forces launched attacks
00:56across the border into Pakistan late Thursday night.
00:59Kabul says it was retaliation.
01:02Retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes earlier in the week
01:06that Afghanistan claims killed civilians, including women and children.
01:11Islamabad says those earlier strikes targeted militants hiding near the border.
01:16Then came the dramatic shift.
01:18Pakistan's defense minister, Khawaja Asif, posted a blunt message on X.
01:23Our patience has reached its limit.
01:26Now it is open war between us and you.
01:30Within hours, Pakistan launched a military campaign named Operation Khazab-l-Huk.
01:36That marked a major escalation from border skirmishes to open confrontation.
01:41Explosions were reported in Kabul.
01:43Afghan officials say Pakistan also bombed Kandahar and Paktia province.
01:49Pakistan claims it targeted Afghan Taliban military infrastructure,
01:53including two brigade headquarters in Kabul,
01:56a corpse headquarters in Kandahar, ammunition depots and logistics bases.
02:01However, Pakistan did not release detailed casualty figures from those strikes.
02:06Meanwhile, Afghanistan paints a very different picture.
02:09Afghanistan's defense ministry claims its forces killed 55 Pakistani soldiers,
02:16destroyed 19 Pakistani army posts and captured several soldiers alive.
02:21Pakistan strongly denies this.
02:24Islamabad says only two of its soldiers were killed
02:27and claims over 100 Afghan fighters died instead.
02:31That's not just a small discrepancy.
02:34That's two completely different versions of reality.
02:37And there's more.
02:38Afghan sources say they shot down a Pakistani F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet.
02:44A video circulating online shows burning aircraft wreckage.
02:48If confirmed, this would be a major blow.
02:51Not just symbolically, but militarily.
02:54So far, Pakistan has not acknowledged losing any aircraft.
02:58Without independent verification, this claim remains disputed.
03:02But even the claim alone raises the stakes dramatically.
03:06At the Torkim border crossing, mortar shells reportedly struck a refugee camp.
03:11Women and children were wounded.
03:13Afghan officials say at least 13 civilians were injured.
03:17On the Pakistani side, residents are evacuating villages near the border.
03:21Thousands of Afghan refugees who had been waiting to cross are now caught in uncertainty.
03:27For months, tensions have been building.
03:30Pakistan accuses the Tariq-i Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, of operating from inside Afghanistan.
03:37The Afghan Taliban government denies it.
03:39Militant attacks inside Pakistan have surged in recent years.
03:44Islamabad says it cannot tolerate cross-border sanctuaries.
03:48Afghanistan says Pakistan is violating its sovereignty.
03:51A Qatar-mediated ceasefire had been holding, barely.
03:56Now it looks like it may be collapsing.
03:58Will this remain a limited but intense border conflict?
04:02Or are we witnessing the start of a prolonged military confrontation between two heavily armed neighbors?
04:09Airstrikes, border battles, competing casualty claims, a possible downed jet.
04:14This could reshape security dynamics across the entire region.
04:35To be continued...
04:37To be continued...
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