“I solved eight wars. Go to Rwanda and the Congo, and talk about India and Pakistan. Look at all of the wars that we solved, and every time I solved, when they said, ‘If you solve the next one, you’re going to get the Nobel Prize.’ I didn’t get a Nobel Prize. Somebody got it who is a very nice woman. I don’t know who she is, but she was very generous. I don’t care about all that stuff. I just care about saving lives. But this (Pak-Afghan conflict) will be number nine,” he claimed.
The military conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan erupted last week after a Pakistani airstrike on Kabul. This prompted a strong retaliation from Afghanistan, leading to escalated tensions. According to an AFP report, on Wednesday, a 48-hour ceasefire was reached between the two sides and it was agreed to be further extended on Oct. 17.
However, a Taliban official told AFP that Pakistan violated the ceasefire by bombing three locations in Afghanistan’s Paktika province on Friday. The airstrike killed eight people, including three local club cricketers.
Afghan media outlet TOLO News reported that several homes in Argon and Barmal districts near the Durand Line were targeted. The development has led to a risk of fresh violence in the region.
