00:00In these images from Friday, Taliban fighters load their vehicles with missiles and munitions,
00:06replenishing their stores of arms just hours after Taliban forces attacked Pakistani military positions.
00:13Violence has once again flared up between the two neighbours, with Pakistan declaring an open war.
00:19Civilians on both sides are caught in the middle.
00:24Neither our government nor the Afghan government has said that we should vacate this place.
00:29They are Muslim, brotherly countries. We should not fight.
00:32For weeks now, tensions have spilled over, causing bloodshed along the border.
00:38Last weekend, Islamabad carried out airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan.
00:42It's said that these offensives targeted armed groups like the Islamic State and the Pakistani Taliban,
00:48who have carried out attacks against Pakistan.
00:51Notably, the February suicide bombing of a Shiite mosque in Islamabad.
00:55The attack killed 40 and was claimed by the Islamic State.
01:00This resurgence of violence comes four months after an armed clash last October that killed dozens.
01:06A fragile ceasefire now risks falling apart completely.
01:10Just two weeks after the truce, the Pakistani government was already concerned about the Taliban's failure to honour its commitments.
01:17Pakistan does not seek further escalation of hostilities, but expects the Afghan Taliban regime to honour its commitment to the
01:27international community
01:28and address Pakistan's legitimate security concerns by taking concrete and verifiable actions against terrorist entities.
01:38Once allies, Pakistan and Afghanistan have been sporadically fighting each other for years,
01:44with clashes becoming more frequent since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in 2021.
01:50Islamabad accuses Kabul of harbouring armed militants who launch attacks on its territory,
01:55a claim Taliban authorities deny.
01:58Islamabad accuses Kabul of harbouring armed militants who launch attacks on its territory,
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