New Delhi: This morning in Spin Boldak in Kandhar province of Afghanistan, Pakistani forces initiated cross-border attacks.

In response, the Islamic Emirate’s troops mounted a rapid counteroffensive that overwhelmed Pakistani positions. Within hours, several Pakistani soldiers were killed in combat, and others were captured alive.

By afternoon, Islamabad was pressing through multiple channels for a ceasefire—one the Islamic Emirate eventually accepted.

The ceasefire began at 5:30 and will last for 48 hours for now.

Despite possessing a military system and technology far more advanced than Afghanistan’s, the Pakistani army once again showed limited resolve.

Official sources from Kabul told this newspaper that the Afghan forces used American equipment left behind after NATO’s withdrawal

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