Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes: Trump blames Islamabad; calls conflict 'easy' to solve

Amid escalating hostilities between Islamabad and Kabul, US President Donald Trump on Friday claimed that "Pakistan attacked Afghanistan," and the conflict will be an "easy" one for him to solve.

The statement from the Republican leader came as he was speaking to the media during a lunch with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Friday.




"I do understand Pakistan attacked, or there is an attack going on with Afghanistan, that’s an easy one for me to solve if I have to solve that," he told reporters.

'I like stopping people from being killed,' says Trump

Further, the US president once again claimed to have saved millions of lives and assured that he will succeed in resolving the conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan.



"I like stopping people from being killed. I have saved millions and millions of lives, and I think we are going to have success with this war," Trump said.

After striking its neighbour, Pakistan to hold talks with Afghanistan

Meanwhile, Pakistan announced that top officials will hold talks with Afghan Taliban in Qatar on Saturday, a day after Islamabad launched air strikes on Kabul killing at least 10 people. The latest strike from Pakistan broke the ceasefire, which had paused nearly a week of bloody border clashes, within 48 hours.

"Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and intelligence chief General Asim Malik will be heading to Doha today for talks with Afghan Taliban," Pakistan state TV said.

A Taliban government official also confirmed the talks.

"A high-level delegation from the Islamic Emirate, led by Defense Minister Mohammed Yaqub, left for Doha today," Afghan Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a post on X.

Pakistan breaks ceasefire with deadly strikes

A 48-hour truce paused nearly a week of bloody border clashes that killed dozens of troops and civilians on both sides.

Earlier on Friday, Afghanistan accused Pakistan of breaking the ceasefire.

"Pakistan has broken the ceasefire and bombed three locations in Paktika" province, a senior Taliban official told AFP. "Afghanistan will retaliate," he added.