Pakistan and Afghanistan are currently attacking each other indiscriminately. Afghan Taliban fighters who crossed the Durand Line and entered Pakistan are bombing Pakistani posts. Meanwhile, news came that Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) captured a post of Pakistani Army. But now the Pakistani Army has come clean about this.
The video of TTP capturing the Pakistani post on the Afghan border is going viral on social media. It is being said that TTP itself has released this video. But now a senior Pakistani Army officer has given clarification on this and said that this army post was evacuated some time before the attack.
He said that the military personnel from here were shifted to another place. This process was not limited to Bajaur only, but in North and South Waziristan also, military personnel were removed from the posts.
Let us tell you that in the video viral on social media, Taliban fighters can be seen celebrating with weapons at the Pakistani post. He uprooted the Pakistan flag from the army post and also hoisted the TTP flag.
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Why was there a conflict between Afghan Taliban fighters and Pakistani army?
The dispute between the Pakistani Army and Afghan fighters deepened when Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) recently killed 30 Pakistani Army soldiers in Makin area of Waziristan. In response, Pakistan tried to send a message by carrying out air strikes that it would not tolerate the killing of its soldiers.
The Afghan Taliban has a large amount of weapons and the ability to hide in inaccessible areas. They have a huge stock of modern weapons like AK-47, mortars, rocket launchers. Apart from this, Taliban fighters launch attacks from mountains and caves about which the Pakistani army is not even aware.
Shehbaz Sharif government is already struggling with problems like economic crisis, delay in CPEC project and separatism in Balochistan. These issues have weakened both the government and the army. Now the conflict with Taliban has further increased this crisis.
What is the strength of Taliban?
According to the report of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Taliban currently has 150 thousand active fighters. The Taliban has not yet publicly disclosed the defense budget for Afghanistan. After assuming power in Afghanistan, to formalize the army, the foundation of three battalions under Special Forces and eight Infantry Corps was laid.
The manpower source of Taliban are the tribes settled in tribal areas and their fighters. Apart from this, fundamentalist religious institutions and madrassas are also supporting his idea. But most of all the secret help of Pakistani Army and ISI is proving to be helpful for Taliban. American intelligence assessments also clarify the ground situation which states that within 6 months of the withdrawal of American troops, the dominance of the Afghan government will end and Taliban rule may come.