Pakistan strikes Afghan capital
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What recent military actions has Pakistan taken against Afghanistan?
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Keith Adams, and at 5 Hours GMT on Friday 27th February, these are our main stories. Pakistan has bombed the Afghan cities of Kabul and Kandahar in response to cross-border attacks by the Taliban. Netflix has backed out of its bid to buy Warner Brothers Discovery, potentially clearing the way for its rival Paramount Skydance. And the governing Labour Party in Britain has suffered a historic by-election defeat at the hands of the Green Party. Also in this podcast, the plaintiff in a landmark trial in California on whether social media platforms are addictive for children has been testifying about her use of Instagram and YouTube harmed her mental health.
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30 years of Pokemon... We start in Pakistan, where the defence ministry says it has declared open war on the Taliban in Afghanistan, with military jets bombing parts of Kabul, the capital, as well as the city of Kandahar. The strikes follow escalating fighting over the two countries' shared border, with the Taliban attacking multiple Pakistani positions. Earlier, the Afghan Taliban said their forces had attacked Pakistani border posts, killing at least 10 soldiers, while a spokesman for the Pakistan Prime Minister said more than 70 Taliban combatants had been killed. Cathy Gannan is a former AP news director for Pakistan and Afghanistan. She told my colleague Steve Lai more about this unfolding story.
I mean, it's a serious escalation. So I think that's one thing that's very important, but it's not new. And Pakistan did hit the Afghan capital in a series of attacks several months ago as well. And then after several attacks in Pakistan, carried out by the Pakistani Taliban, who Afghanistan says is finding safe refuge in Afghanistan, in which the UN does say, There are probably about 10,000 Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan. So in response to those initial attacks, Pakistan hit Afghanistan and really hit it hard. And there were a lot of reports of civilian casualties. The Taliban responded. And now this is a response to the Taliban's response. So it's really a continual tit for tat. It's just the escalation that is really difficult.
And it's really problematic for the entire region. There's also shifting alliances in the region between Afghanistan is closer to India, which is a longtime enemy of Pakistan. It is a nuclear-armed region. The escalation in tension now between Afghanistan and Pakistan is really beginning to peak, and it's hard to understand why. Where does it go from here? What's the next step? How much can you do the, okay, Pakistan hits Afghanistan, Afghanistan hits Pakistan, and always along the border region, except for these forays deeper into Afghanistan by Pakistan, hitting Kabul. And again, it isn't the first time, but it is a dangerous escalation.
And just help us understand the context then when it comes to the Taliban. I mean, they have a presence. There is a Pakistan Taliban as well. Is Pakistan going after them? How does it all fit? Because, you know, the Taliban weren't ruling Afghanistan going back years. It's only a fairly recent thing.
Sure, absolutely. There are Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan along the tribal areas. There's also other militant groups here in Pakistan. There's the Baloch Liberation Army. It's certainly the presence of the Islamic State. There's the Islamic State in the Khorasan province. And then there's also a new group. Not a breakaway, but a subsidiary of the Islamic State in Khorasan province that has emerged in Balochistan in Pakistan. And that's the Islamic State, Pakistan province. And then you also have the militants in Afghanistan.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:53
2
What recent military actions has Pakistan taken against Afghanistan?
0:53–6:52
3
What are the implications of Netflix withdrawing from the Warner Brothers Discovery bidding war?
6:52–7:44
4
What factors contributed to the Labour Party's by-election defeat in the UK?
7:44–8:46
5
How is social media impacting children's mental health according to recent court testimonies?
8:46–11:03
6
How has the international community responded to the conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
11:03–30:24
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