Taliban aim to boost anti-aircraft capacity to counter 'Pakistan threat'

[Dr-who]

How about we permanently seal our border with the afghans and have nothing to do with them. Problem solved.

How about we make ourselves rich by usurping their mineral resources

 

[Reichsmarschall]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1646412981461483520

 

[Raj-Hindustani]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1646412981461483520

Don't create another enemy in your west, please...... Try to deal with diplomatic way

 

[AZMwi]

our corrupt generals will never learn. they want to pick a fight with afghanistan at any cost because their american masters ordered them to

 

[Zhukov]

"Ibtadaey Ishq hai rota hai kya
Agey Agey dekh hota hai kya"

Talibunni Lover Pakistani Fellows have a lot coming for them. These incompetent Donkies will screw Afghanistan even more. And Then as every failed regime does, They will make a boogeyman to blame all of there incompetent miseries. And what better scapegoat then Pakistan?

Anyways keep singing songs of love with Taliban. And Keep repeating "TTP are fake taliban, Afghan Taliban are real Taliban, TTP are enemies of Afghan Taliban, ISI is targetting TTP inside Afghanistan with help of Afghan Taliban" Will make things better.

Now we have a Religiously motivated Fanatics on our western border which our own Army helped to come in power. Best of luck.

 

[maithil]

Probably Iranian SAMs.. or Chinese ones.

 

[FuturePAF]

Isn’t there an arms embargo on them?

 

[maithil]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1646412981461483520

This minister was celebrating Taliban victory. Now threatening them with air strikes.

 

[ghazi52]

Aneeb
@DthToZaWst

Naswar class anti submarine frigates are already deployed by Taliban, chars class destroyers are soon to follow to send Pakistani kafir daal khor submarine.

9:27 AM · Apr 16, 2023

 

[Imran Khan]

Closing borders for trade will fk them.
Their mostly trade is with Pak.

paksitan is most stupid country on earth . there is not damn trade

afghanis buy dollar from paksitani open market and pay paksitan these dollars . its trade ???????? this practice weaken PKR and cause inflation and shortage of goods too. win win for afghanis loss loss for paksitanis

 

[JackTheRipper]

paksitan is most stupid country on earth . there is not damn trade

afghanis buy dollar from paksitani open market and pay paksitan these dollars . its trade ???????? this practice weaken PKR and cause inflation and shortage of goods too. win win for afghanis loss loss for paksitanis

i heard opposite on bbc urdu article,

afghani traders buy item from local afghan market in afghani currency,
sell those item in pakistan in pkr, and exchange pkr to dollars from pakistani exchangers.

whole PDF pakistani members celebrating Afghan Taliban victory aka govt,
afghani taliban mullah banned pakistani currency in afghanistan,

before afghani talibani mullahs, afghanis were using pakistani currency in their country.

in pti days and same in pdm days, shah memood qureshi and now hina rabbani khar begging for Afghanistan, both asking US to un-freeze afghani money (donated by US before talib days), both asking world to help afghan taliban.

both govt in this matter seems pure stupid, may be army is pressurizing them.

 

[Dr-who]

i heard opposite on bbc urdu article,

afghani traders buy item from local afghan market in afghani currency,
sell those item in pakistan in pkr, and exchange pkr to dollars from pakistani exchangers.

whole PDF pakistani members celebrating Afghan Taliban victory aka govt,
afghani taliban mullah banned pakistani currency in afghanistan,

before afghani talibani mullahs, afghanis were using pakistani currency in their country.

in pti days and same in pdm days, shah memood qureshi and now hina rabbani khar begging for Afghanistan, both asking US to un-freeze afghani money (donated by US before talib days), both asking world to help afghan taliban.

both govt in this matter seems pure stupid, may be army is pressurizing them.

Then why not make a currency acceptable to both nations to trade in, back it up with gold/silver

 

[925boy]

Closing borders for trade will fk them.

This didnt work and its one of the factors that made them hate your country.

Their mostly trade is with Pak.

lol, Iran is now a more reliable and beneficial route for Afghanistan's trade- stop bullying Afghanistan and acting like it doesnt have alternative relationships and options- it does. Iran and other neighbors of Afghanistan will get all the business that Pakistan doesnt want to offer Afghanistan.

Pakistan doesn't even need to fight them,

need to or cant?

only if our generals weren't sellouts, we have all the cards.

no you dont- Afghanistan can now become the living hell for Pakistan that it was for US, Pakistan should play it smart- Afghanistan seems to know it can draw Pakistan into an endless insurgency in Afghanistan that Pakistan cant win, plus Pakistani govt is also broke- fight what war with what $$ in vast, tough and ready Afghanistan? smh.

 

[Signalian]

It would be funny if they bought Chinese SAMs

Iranian

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Taliban aim to boost anti-aircraft capacity to counter 'Pakistan threat'​

Neighbouring countries should not let our patience be exhausted, says Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat

Reuters
April 12, 2023

Taliban fighters rejoice on the first anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS

KABUL: Defence has received the largest share of funds in Afghanistan's budget as the Taliban government aims to boost forces by a third and build anti-aircraft missile capacity, the army chief told Reuters in a rare interview to foreign media.

The defence ambitions of the Taliban, which took over in 2021, come in the face of strong international criticism of its policies, such as restrictions on work and education for women, that have hampered steps towards diplomatic recognition.

In his remarks on Tuesday, Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat, a Taliban commander from the northern region of Badakhshan and the chief of army staff, condemned incursions by foreign drones into Afghan airspace.

Defence forces now numbering 150,000 are targeted to be increased by 50,000, he said, speaking in his office in the highly fortified defence ministry in Kabul, the capital, although he did not reveal the precise figure of the funds.

"The ministry of defence is the top-ranked in the budget," he said, adding that it received a significantly higher sum than other ministries, as it was a priority in the budget, which is largely funded by boosted tax and customs revenue.

Since their takeover, the Taliban have spent 1-1/2 years building a civilian administration and a national military out of an insurgent force that fought a 20-year war against foreign forces and the previous US-backed Afghan government.

No foreign nation has formally recognised the government, which is battling economic headwinds following sanctions on the banking sector and the cutoff of all development aid.

Fitrat said a major defence focus was securing Afghan airspace against drones and other incursions.

"Anti-aircraft missiles are the need of countries," he said, adding that all nations sought developed weapons to ensure the integrity of their territory and airspace, a problem Afghanistan also faced.

"There is no doubt that Afghanistan is trying, and doing its best, to have it."

But Fitrat declined to elaborate on where authorities were looking to procure anti-aircraft missiles from.

'Neighbouring countries should not let our patience be exhausted'

He also stopped short of naming Pakistan, against which the Taliban administration has regularly protested, accusing its neighbour of allowing drones to enter Afghanistan.

"We are doing our best to find a solution for protection of our airspace. We will work on it by using all our capability," Fitrat added.

"From where we will obtain it is confidential, but we should have it."

Pakistan's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Pakistan officials have not confirmed whether its airspace is used for drone access to Afghanistan.

"We have always tried, and will try, to solve the issue using diplomatic ways, and we have done our best to be patient regarding these cases," Fitrat said, but sounded a note of caution.
"Neighbouring countries should not let our patience be exhausted."

Ties between the neighbours have occasionally been tense as Pakistan has accused the Taliban administration of allowing Afghan territory to be used as a haven for militant groups.

Among these is Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has stepped up attacks in Pakistan in recent months.
The Taliban administration denies allowing its territory to be used for attacks on others, however.
There have been border clashes between the forces of both, and analysts say that in the event of conflict escalating, Pakistan's airforce would give it a strong edge.

Fitrat said former security personnel, who form a significant share of Afghanistan's forces, were being paid and treated in the same way as Taliban fighters.

The comments follow concern voiced by international rights groups and the United Nations that some former members of Afghan security forces members were targeted or killed.

While the Taliban have declared a general amnesty for former combatants, saying they would investigate cases of wrongdoing, they have not detailed legal action regarding alleged extrajudicial targeting.

Taliban aim to boost anti-aircraft capacity | The Express Tribune

Neighbouring countries should not let our patience be exhausted, says Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat

tribune.com.pk

The droning effect.

 

[Tornado23]

Iranian

I thought they were having skirmishes with the Iranians aswell as Pakistan? Why would they sell to the Afghans?