Why are relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan so tense?

The Afghan Ministry of Defence says it has carried retired respective strikes successful Pakistan successful retaliation for an onslaught past week.

It is the latest enactment successful increasing cross-border violence betwixt the neighbours.

Pakistan says it was targeting equipped groups on its frontier. It says respective attacks connected its territory person been launched from Afghan ungraded – a complaint Taliban officials successful Kabul deny.

So does this mean borderline tensions betwixt the 2 countries volition proceed to escalate?

And wherever does this permission the 300 cardinal radical connected some sides caught successful the crossfire?

Presenter: James Bays

Guests:

Syed Akhtar Ali Shah – erstwhile caput to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government’s Department of Home and Tribal Affairs and retired inspector wide of the Pakistan police

Obaidullah Baheer – adjunct lecturer astatine American University of Afghanistan

Kathy Gannon – writer and erstwhile quality manager of The Associated Press for Afghanistan and Pakistan