
Tensions and military clashes have escalated between Pakistan and Afghanistan this year, as Islamabad accuses the Taliban of harboring armed groups that launch cross-border attacks, while Kabul denies these accusations and considers militancy an internal Pakistani matter.
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The intensity of fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan has escalated this year with accusations of harboring armed groups being exchanged.
Fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan has escalated significantly this year, with Pakistan declaring it is in "open war" with Afghanistan after an escalation of bloody clashes and air strikes across the border.
Pakistan has repeatedly accused the Afghan Taliban of harboring armed groups that carry out and plan attacks on it from within Afghan territory.
While the Afghan Taliban movement denies this, saying that Pakistani militancy is an internal problem, but it has led to a significant deterioration in relations between the two neighboring countries.

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