HEADLINE: Escalating Border Conflict Between Pakistan and Afghanistan GUEST NAMES: Bill Roggio, Husain Haqqani SUMMARY: A major border conflict has erupted between Pakistan and Afghanistan, resulting in significant casualties and air strikes. The tensio
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GUEST NAMES: Bill Roggio, Husain Haqqani
SUMMARY: A major border conflict has erupted between Pakistan and Afghanistan, resulting in significant casualties and air strikes. The tension is rooted in the Afghan Taliban supporting the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) and historical issues over the Durand Line. Pakistan views the Afghan Taliban as ungrateful clients, threatening Pakistan's stability.
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| 0:28.0 | Hussain is with the Hudson Institute, a senior fellow, builds with the |
| 0:31.1 | Foundation for the Defense of Democracy as a senior fellow. |
| 0:35.3 | A remark by the president of Pakistan, |
| 0:38.2 | Asef Ali-Zar Dari. |
| 0:40.4 | He says that Pakistan remains committed to safeguarding its national interests. |
| 0:45.9 | The, quote, anti-Pakistine terrorist elements operating from Afghan soil are the enemy, |
| 0:51.5 | and we will take concrete and verifiable action. |
| 0:56.5 | He also said that there will be, quote, no compromise will ever be made on Pakistan's national sovereignty. Bill, I come to you because |
| 1:04.1 | there are a lot of moving parts in the region. Iran is speaking, Saudi Arabia is speaking, Qatar is speaking. |
| 1:10.4 | You mentioned when you just reported |
| 1:13.9 | that we expected this to come. Where is the U.S. in this bill? Are we nowhere? I understand they've |
| 1:19.6 | been in some conversation with Cabell for some time for aid. Yeah, the U.S. has not released |
| 1:27.2 | an official response. None that I have seen. The U.S. has not released an official response. |
| 1:28.5 | None that I have seen. |
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