Over the past hour, Afghan Taliban units have been observed moving Soviet-era R-17E Elbrus (Scud-B) tactical ballistic missiles and 9M21 rockets from the 9K52 Luna-M tactical rocket system towards the Pakistani border, according to OSINTWarfare on X. This development follows an earlier report of similar missile mobilization and an incident where a multi-barrel rocket launcher system used by the Taliban was reportedly destroyed by Pakistani counter-artillery fire and kamikaze drones, with the accompanying fighters also eliminated, as per Himat75 on X. Afghan Taliban leader Khairullah Khairkhwa issued threats against Pakistan, stating that the Taliban defeated three superpowers without missiles or jets and that they would safeguard groups like the TTP and BLA "at all cost," according to Himat75 on X. Khairkhwa's remarks were made in the context of Pakistani forces reportedly operating inside Afghanistan's Kandahar province, targeting Afghan Taliban positions, and images circulating on Afghan social media showing Pakistani prisoners of war and confiscated weapons. These events occur amidst ongoing border tensions and a recent TTP attack on Pakistani forces in Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where militants were armed with Chinese-made weaponry, according to war_noir on X. Meanwhile, at the Gaza Peace Summit in Egypt, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised U.S. President Donald Trump, calling him "the man this world needed most at this point in time" and nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize, as reported by RapidResponse47 and AnasMallick on X. President Trump also expressed his positive outlook on relations between Pakistan and India, stating "Pakistan and India are going to live very nicely together," and mentioned Field Marshal Asim Munir as his "favourite" from Pakistan, according to Mohsin_o2 and zarrar_11PK on X. An analysis by Michael Kugelman on X suggests that while an all-out conflict is unlikely, the main triggers of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border crisis have not yet been addressed. This comes after previous reports detailing a grand jirga of 80 elders departing for Tirah Valley to hold talks with the Pakistani Taliban regarding their demands for Sharia law implementation and freedom to operate in tribal areas. The Afghan Taliban had also previously issued a statement supporting protests by Pakistan's Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and accusing the Pakistani army of firing on demonstrators.
