Pakistan fields one of the most powerful militaries in the Islamic world, while the Taliban rule Afghanistan with rugged fighters and battlefield grit. But if the two sides clash, how do conventional power and insurgent warfare really compare?

How strong is Pakistan’s military compared to Afghanistan’s Taliban fighters?

While the United States is less directly involved than during the Afghan war years, its interests still overlap: Pakistan’s role in regional security, counter-terror efforts, and US concerns over militant groups continuing to find sanctuary. 

Could Pakistan–Afghanistan tensions pull China and US into a new proxy war?

The Durand Line, a long, loosely demarcated border, passes through remote, mountainous terrain. This geography makes large-scale patrolling difficult, allows militants to move across with relative ease, and complicates efforts to fence or secure the border. 


Why Pakistan–Afghanistan border is becoming the world’s next terror hotspot

Multiple explosions have been reported in Kabul as Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi visits India. Pakistan is suspected of conducting airstrikes targeting TTP militants, reflecting growing tension over India–Afghanistan ties and Islamabad’s security concerns.

Airstrikes in Kabul: Islamabad uneasy at growing India-Taliban proximity?

At least four civilians were killed and one other suffered injuries in a roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan's northern Jowzjan province, Defence Ministry said.

Four killed in Afghanistan bomb explosion

Multiple explosions occurred at a football stadium in the city that was hosting a cricket match at the start of the holy month of Ramzan

8 dead in blasts at Afghan sports stadium

Afghan security forces battled a group of attackers who stormed a government building in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday

Afghanistan: 6 dead, dozens injured in attack by gunmen in Jalalabad

The explosion occurred near a sit-in camp in the Afghan capital

3 injured in IED explosion in Kabul

The explosion occurred when spectators were leaving a stadium after the conclusion of a wrestling match

At least 14 killed in explosion in Afghanistan

The explosion occurred at a mobile phone market in southeastern Afghanistan

Four killed, 14 injured in market explosion in Afghanistan

As many as 13 people, including both Afghan army soldiers and civilians, were killed and 18 wounded by a car bomb in the southern province

Afghanistan: 13 killed in suicide bomb attack in Helmand

No group has claimed responsibility for the latest in a series of brazen attacks during the holy fasting month of Ramadan

Afghanistan car bomb attack: Death toll rises to 29, 60 injured

The blast took place at about 3 pm local time, near the northern gate of the Great Mosque of Herat, said the governor's spokesman

Explosion in western Afghanistan kills 7, injures 16: CNN

Family of the victims say it was an air strike, but the governor's spokesman said it was a roadside bomb. An investigation is underway

Afghanistan: At least 8 civilians, including 4 children, killed by alleged air strike

The militants said they attacked police, military and intelligence targets in the Afghan capital; authorities confirm two attacks

Taliban claim multiple attacks on Kabul

Those wounded in the Kandahar explosion include the UAE ambassador, another UAE envoy and Kandahar governor, Hamayun Azizi

Triple blasts rock Afghanistan: More than 30 Killed in Kabul suicide bombings, 9 dead in explosion Kandahar guesthouse