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Pakistan and Afghanistan Are On the Brink of War.

Simon Whistler · October 16, 2025 · 18 min video · China & Indo-Pacific

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Four years after the disastrous departure of the United States, the nation of Afghanistan is just inches away from war. This time either, it's not the Americans that the nation's Taliban rulers have to worry about. Instead, Afghanistan faces the threat of an adversary far closer to home.

It's considerably more powerful neighbor to the southeast, Pakistan. Over the course of the last several days, Afghanistan and Pakistan have engaged in multiple rounds of deadly border violence, and although the total death toll isn't yet clear, it may have already climbed into the multiple hundreds.

Pakistan is dropping bombs across the city of Kabul, the Taliban is moving tanks to the border, and at the very moment that this episode is released, a brittle ceasefire is expected to lapse in less than 24 hours' time.

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Serious analysis for a dangerous world: https://fronts.co Pakistan and Afghanistan edge toward war: cross-border clashes, Kabul strikes, tanks rolling, drones buzzing, civilian casualties mounting. What sparked it, who’s backing whom, and what’s next before the ceasefire lapses? Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Megaprojects:https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@Celestium1234 PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@homefronts 00:00 Introduction 01:00 The Exchange 10:04 Pressure-Cooker

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