Pakistan-Afganistan War: Why Pakistan and Afghanistan are fighting: History of Kabul–Islamabad standoff and the ‘graveyard of empires’ narrative
NEW DELHI: Pakistan carried out air strikes on Afghanistan’s major cities, including Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia, sharply escalating months of border tensions between the two neighbours. Officials in Islamabad and Kabul confirmed the strikes, which followed days of cross-border firing along the Durand Line — the disputed frontier separating the two countries.Both sides accused each…