US allies Afghanistan and Pakistan keep shooting at each other

Published July 17, 2019 11:24pm ET



As the U.S. continues to pursue peace talks in Afghanistan, the Pentagon is worried that the Afghan government and Pakistan, both U.S. allies, will distract from that goal as they continue to skirmish along their shared border.

Both Afghan and Pakistani governments accuse the other of supporting militant groups to engage in cross-border attacks, according to the Pentagon’s most recent report on Afghanistan.

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