Islamabad/Kabul — The terror ecosystem that Pakistan built over decades is finally tearing itself apart. In a desperate move to hide its total internal security collapse, Pakistan has launched massive midnight airstrikes deep inside Afghanistan.
The result? The Afghan government and local aid groups report that dozens of people, including women and children, have been killed.
Pakistan claims it was conducting “intelligence-based operations” against terrorist camps. However, the reality on the ground tells a much darker story. Pakistan is indiscriminately dropping bombs across the border because its own military and intelligence agencies have completely lost control of the militant groups they once funded and protected.
The Strikes: What Actually Happened?
Late Saturday night, Pakistani fighter jets crossed the highly contested Durand Line and heavily bombed the Afghan provinces of Nangarhar and Paktika.
According to the Pakistani Information Ministry, the target was seven camps belonging to the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and an ISIS affiliate. Pakistan blames these groups for the massive surge of deadly suicide bombings inside its own borders, including a recent attack on a Shiite mosque in Islamabad that killed 31 people, and a deadly strike on a military post in Bajaur.
However, the Afghan government quickly exposed the reality of these airstrikes. The bombs did not just hit militant hideouts; they struck civilian homes and a religious madrassa. In the Behsud district alone, an entire family was buried under the rubble, resulting in the deaths of 12 children and teenagers.
Deflecting the Blame: A Failed State’s Tactic
Why is Pakistan bombing its neighbor right now? The answer is simple: complete desperation. The Pakistani military and the ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) are facing total humiliation at home. Terrorists are successfully attacking their military bases, convoys, and capital city on a weekly basis. Because the Pakistani generals cannot stop the attacks inside their own country, they need to look tough for the cameras.
The Afghan Defence Ministry hit the nail on the head in their official response, stating that these airstrikes are “clear proof of the Pakistani military’s intelligence and security failures.” When a country cannot protect its own borders or secure its own cities, it resorts to reckless cross-border bombing to distract the public from its massive internal shortcomings.
The Snakes in the Backyard Pakistan
This entire conflict is the ultimate example of karma. For over twenty years, Pakistan proudly sheltered, funded, and armed the Afghan Taliban. They gave them safe havens to attack American and Afghan democratic forces. Pakistan thought they could control these radical groups and use them as proxy weapons.
Now, the tables have turned. The Taliban controls Afghanistan, and they are providing the exact same safe havens to the TTP a group dedicated to overthrowing the Pakistani government. The very terror networks Pakistan nurtured in its backyard are now actively destroying the Pakistani state.
A Region on Fire Pakistan
Afghanistan has officially vowed an “appropriate and calculated response” to these strikes, warning Pakistan that such violations of their territory will not go unpunished.The Pakistan cross border strikes in Afghanistan prove that there are no “good terrorists.” You cannot export chaos for decades and expect peace at home. As the death toll rises and the border crossings shut down, the world is watching two radical regimes turn their weapons on each other, while innocent civilians pay the ultimate price.
