Trump says he will step in to resolve Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions

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Trump says he will step in to resolve Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions

Donald Trump claimed his mediation efforts are not for personal recognition but for “saving lives.”
Trump says he will step in to resolve Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions

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13 Oct 2025

US President Donald Trump expressed his readiness to act as a mediator between Pakistan and Afghanistan after violent border clashes erupted between the two countries, following heightened tensions over Kabul’s inaction against terrorist groups operating from its territory.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday before departing for Israel, Trump referred to his previous mediation efforts, saying he had helped de-escalate tensions between Pakistan and India.

He added that his current efforts to resolve the Gaza conflict would mark his “eighth” attempt to bring peace to the region.

“This will be my eighth war that I have solved, and I hear there is a war now going on between Pakistan and Afghanistan. I said, I’ll have to wait till I get back. I’m doing another one. Because I’m good at solving wars,” he remarked.

Trump went on to highlight his record of resolving long-standing conflicts, saying, “Think about India, Pakistan. Think about some of the wars that were going on for years. We had one going for 31, one for 32, one for 37 years, with millions of people being killed in every country, and I got every one of those done, for the most part, within a day. It’s pretty good.”

While the US president has often advocated that he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, he claimed his mediation efforts are not for personal recognition but for “saving lives.”

According to Trump, he once warned Pakistan and India of imposing a 100 to 150 percent tariff, which led the two nuclear-armed nations to settle their violent conflict peacefully.

Trump is currently on a trip to the Middle East, where he is scheduled to address the Israeli Knesset on Monday before traveling to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, to attend a Gaza peace summit.

Leaders from several Muslim-majority countries are expected to discuss the ongoing peace plan for the Palestinian enclave.

Meanwhile, late Saturday night, Afghan forces initiated unprovoked aggression along the border, prompting a strong retaliatory response from the Pakistani military, which captured 19 Afghan posts.

Hundreds of Afghan fighters and khawarij militants were said to have fled, leaving behind the bodies of their accomplices. Pakistani forces destroyed multiple positions, including one post in Kurram Agency, the terrorist stronghold Kharcher Fort in Afghanistan, Manojaba Battalion Headquarters I and II, Durrani Camps I and II, the Leobund area in the Qila Abdullah sector, Ghaznali Headquarters in Noshki, and the Asmatullah Karar Camp in Spin Boldak.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the border clashes claimed the lives of 23 Pakistani soldiers, while around 200 Afghan fighters and militants, backed by “Fitna-al-Hindustan” were killed.

Afghanistan maintained that its attacks were in retaliation for alleged Pakistani strikes on Kabul, though Islamabad has not officially confirmed any such operation.

Earlier, it was reported that two loud explosions had occurred in Kabul while no casualties were confirmed, speculation circulated that a senior commander of a notorious terrorist group involved in attacks on Pakistan had been killed.

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