Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Clash: Peace Efforts at Risk

0:00On April 27th, Pakistan launched a mortar and rocket attacks into Afghanistan on Monday, killing four people and injuring 70 others, according to the Taliban government. This fresh clash risks blowing up fragile peace efforts between the neighbors. Pakistan flat out denied the claims, calling them a blatant lie with no strikes on civilians or schools. The Taliban fired back, labeling the hits war crimes that targeted ordinary folks in education spots. Americans blow it over earlier this year, after years of uneasy alliance. Pakistan accuses the Taliban of sheltering militants who attack from Afghan soil, while Kabul says Pakistan's militancy issues are all homegrown. Flashback to last month, a Pakistani strike on a Kabul Drug Rehab Center left over a hundred dead by UN counts, though numbers vary wildly. Both sides pause major fights after that. China stepped in with talks in a roomchi this month, pushing for a full fix, and skirmishes eased up mostly.

1:00Still, small hits like Afghan's shelling that killed three in Pakistan last week show the borders still hot. That's the story for today, US News Today, driven by AI, I'm Kori with the story.