Saturday, February 28, 2026

Pakistan and Afghanistan's Taliban Claim Major Casualties

Pakistan has bombed Afghanistan's capital Kabul and other cities, claiming to have killed hundreds of Afghan Taliban fighters ...

Posted by GalaxiePete at 06:32 PM | 16 COMMENTS | permalink

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Deeply concerned by reports of a declaration of war and escalating military action between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Civilians will be caught in the crossfire. We need an immediate ceasefire. The U.S., working with the UN, must urgently push for de-escalation and a diplomatic solution.

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-- Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) Feb 26, 2026 at 9:28 PM

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Ultimately the Pakistanis will pay the steeper price in this war.

There are many anti-government subversive groups operating in Pakistan, like the anti-Punjab Balochs in the south, Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, the powerful Haqqani Network (HQN), the TTP, and others.

On behalf of the Taliban, these groups will conduct asymmetric and terrorist attacks inside Pakistan, causing large amounts of casualties and humiliating the ruling generals in Islamabad.

When analyzing this issue, here are some starting points or "generalizations":

~Afghanistan has never invaded another country
~This conflict is basically Pashtun versus Punjab
~The initial cross border skirmishes might have been over lucrative opium smuggling routes
~Pakistan is basically an army with a country
~The Taliban have become the Vietcong of SW Asia with decades of experience fighting each other, the Soviets, and then us
~Pakistan's army has much less combat experience than the Afghans, although their air force demonstrated capabilities against India

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#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-27 11:29 AM

Didn't the 300 lb sack of---------- brag about ending this war?

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-27 12:07 PM

Board of Peace Chairman Dummkopf Trumpf stopped the war between "Albania and Azerbaijan."


#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-27 12:12 PM

Stinky brokered peace between Kosovo and Servia. BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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#4 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-27 12:28 PM

O Peace Prize, Peace Prize, wherefore art thou, Peace Prize?

#5 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-02-27 12:44 PM

Trump releasing the Taliban and handing Afghanistan back to them was brilliant.

What a stable genius!

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-27 05:44 PM

------ hide your goats the Afghans are coming.

#7 | Posted by fortfisher at 2026-02-27 05:47 PM

Re 1

Doesn't Pakistan have nukes?

No worries! In the new World Order Might makes Right.

China, the Iron Brother, has their back. I guess it's back to the Stone Ages again for Afghanistan.

#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-27 05:56 PM

The Taliban honored every deal made between the US and ISAF forces.

Local micro-arrangements were completed between the mujahadeen and ISAF forces.

"Take this 'development' money for the people in your district [please don't attack our guys].

The Taliban followed the code of Pakhtunwali.

When the Turkish government said they will eagerly stay to secure Kabul Airport after the US departure, the Taliban said no: "Although you are our fellow Muslims, you are foreigners. You must also leave."

Previously, the Turkish military suffered about a dozen casualties total in Afghanistan; mostly from a single helicopter crash.

The Turks understood this warning and left before the deadline.

Meanwhile, the government of Pakistan had been hiding Osama Bin Laden in Abbotabad, less than 100 miles from one of my locations.

In general, I would trust a Talib over a Pakistani official.

This trust would not apply to the powerful Haqqani Network (HQN), a cross-border Pashtun criminal organization that allies itself at times with the Taliban.

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-27 06:04 PM


China, the Iron Brother, has their back. I guess it's back to the Stone Ages again for Afghanistan.
#8 | POSTED BY DONNERBOY

You're like a two yo in your understanding of the world.

The Taliban were probably going to aid Iran in a US invasion; so Pakistan is fighting Afghanistan.
This is a US proxy coup of Afghanistan using the soft ally Pakistan.

There are two main taliban gov groups in Afghanistan, the conservatives in Kandahar and the liberals in kabul.

Preoccupy the Taliban so they won't help Iran, hopefully remove the conservative Taliban gov, and assess Taliban capabilities given all the equipment the US left under Biden.

#10 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-02-27 07:39 PM

We'll see Commie Spy.

I don't think you know what you are talking about and I don't care which faction wins. They both are A holes if you ask me and I don't care who controls the opium smuggling routes. Shut em all down.

But from a military aspect Pakistan primarily acquires its weapons from China, which has supplied roughly 80% of its major arms over the past four years. While China remains the dominant source, Pakistan also imports equipment from Turkey, the Netherlands, and Russia. Domestically, Pakistan produces weapons through its defence industry.

Where does Afghanistan get weapons and support? All the old stuff from previous wars. Good luck with that. I'm sure it will work out.

#11 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-27 08:10 PM

all the equipment the US left under Biden.

LOL.

#12 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-02-27 08:46 PM

He ain't too S-M-R-T

#13 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-01 02:11 PM

Just find those guys that run the computer repair programs for old people.

#14 | Posted by Petrous at 2026-03-01 04:33 PM

Pakistan. Pffft. What a joke. Didn't we traipse into the military heart of Pakistan and kill Osama bin Laden with zero Pakistan military interference?

#15 | Posted by moder8 at 2026-03-01 06:37 PM

#15

Yes we did. It bugs cornholio to this day.

#16 | Posted by rf4b at 2026-03-01 08:08 PM

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