US President Donald Trump said on Friday that the ongoing violence along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border would be “easy” for him to solve. This is the second time he has tried to be a global peace broker. The President’s comments, made while talking to reporters, came at a time when emotions were rising quickly and new accusations of a ceasefire violation along the disputed boundary were being made.
“I know that Pakistan attacked Afghanistan, or that there is an attack going on right now.” “That’s an easy one for me to solve if I have to,” Trump remarked, referring to the recent flare-up.
New Claims of Brokerage and the Nobel Prize Lament Trump’s comment was a transition from his revived claim that he “solved” the India-Pakistan dispute back in May, a notion New Delhi has frequently dismissed.
The President went on to say that he has never won a Nobel Peace Prize, even though he has “solved so many wars.” He indirectly mentioned the most recent winner, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, saying, “Somebody got it who is a very nice woman.” I don’t know who she is, but she was really kind. I don’t care about any of that. “I’m only interested in saving lives.”
Rising Tensions and Breaking the Ceasefire
Trump’s confident words about the “easy” answer are far different from the sad reality of the carnage that is still going on. Before both sides agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire, there had been a lot of fighting near the border. They recently extended the ceasefire until talks in Doha, Qatar, are over.
But Afghan officials said late Friday night that Pakistan had broken the truce by bombing Afghanistan from the air.
Afghan officials said that at least 10 people died in the strikes.
Targeting: A high-ranking Taliban spokesman informed AFP that “Pakistan has broken the ceasefire and bombed three places in Paktika province,” and promised that “Afghanistan will retaliate.”
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said that at least three local players from the Urgun District in Paktika Province were murdered in the “cowardly” strikes by Pakistan.
The new flare-up started with a blast in Kabul’s Abdul Haq Square last week, when Taliban Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi was in India. Officials in Afghanistan said that Pakistan was to responsible for the bloodshed. The fighting at the border has been brutal, with the Afghan government saying it took 25 Pakistani army installations and killed “58 soldiers.”
The discussions being on right now in Doha, with help from countries like Qatar, are meant to get Kabul and Islamabad to work out their problems through conversation.