Pakistan used air and missile strikes deep inside Afghanistan, including in Kabul and Kandahar, while the Taliban targeted multiple Pakistani military posts across the Durand Line. Second, there is a rupture between Pakistan’s Establishment and the Taliban leadership. Beyond the political and military rupture across the Durand Line, the societal divide will haunt the two nations for generations to come, as this alliance was forged over centuries. For Pakistan, Afghanistan should now be a strategic trap that it would want to avoid. What would this mean for the future of Pakistan-Afghanistan relations and stability across the Durand Line?

Source: The Hindu March 03, 2026 10:07 UTC