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Afghanistan and Pakistan are neighboring countries. In August 1947, the partition of British India led to the emergence of Pakistan along Afghanistan's eastern frontier; Afghanistan was the sole country to vote against Pakistan's admission into the United Nations following the latter's independence.
While Pakistan has been accused of supporting the Afghan Taliban in the past, after the Taliban returned to power in 2021, Afghanistan and Pakistan have repeatedly broken out border conflicts. [20] The Pakistani government accuses the Afghan Taliban authorities of harboring the Pakistani Taliban rebels in its growing insurgency. [21]
See Afghanistan–Pakistan relations. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 February 1948. [155] Afghanistan began diplomatic ties with Pakistan in 1947, when Pakistan became an independent state after the Partition of India. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, FATA and Balochistan have long complicated Afghanistan's relations with Pakistan.
While relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been fraught in recent years, two underlying tension points—the border and cross-border violence—have been longstanding.
A key northwestern border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan reopened Friday after a nine-day closure due to clashes between border forces, officials from both sides said. Pakistan shut the ...
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have soured in recent months. Islamabad says Kabul is not doing enough to tackle militant groups targeting Pakistan and in March Pakistan carried out ...
2010 attack on Pakistan ambassador to Iran; Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism; Pakistan and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan peace talks; 1995 attack on the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul; 2003 attack on the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul; Pakistan International Airlines Flight 326; Pakistani Taliban; Pashtun Tahafuz Movement; 1994 Peshawar school ...
Pakistan had wished to foment an 'Islamic Revolution' which would transcend national borders covering Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. [58] On the other hand, Pakistan's relations with Iran have been strained at times due to sectarian tensions. [59]