FPI / April 30, 2025
Pakistan, a country of 255 million people that has nuclear weapons, is facing a major problem at its border with Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s version of the CIA, the ISI, has reportedly been riddled with Taliban assets for years while China has increasingly replaced the United States as its strategic partner.
Add to that the fact that the way in which then-U.S. President Joe Biden ceded Afghanistan to the Taliban in August 2021, leaving behind billions of dollars in American military assets and the Bagram Air Base near China, and the potential of the Taliban to overwhelm Pakistan and its nuclear arsenal can no longer be seen as out of the question.
Especially with India, China’s enemy, in the equation.
During operations between April 25 and 27, Pakistan’s security forces killed 54 terrorists attempting to infiltrate from Afghanistan into North Waziristan, officials announced on April 27.
Acting on intelligence, the forces engaged the group near Hasan Khel, neutralizing all attackers in what authorities are calling the largest anti-infiltration operation in recent years.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistan military’s media branch, said a significant cache of arms, ammunition, and explosives were recovered.
The terrorists, according to intelligence reports, were directed by foreign handlers intending to carry out attacks inside Pakistan.
“This latest infiltration attempt was swiftly thwarted,” the ISPR statement read, reflecting.
The porous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan stretches for more than 1,600 miles.
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