Conflict Continues Along Full Durand Line with No Ceasefire Framework

Cross-border fighting continued along the Durand Line in Kunar, Khost, Paktika, and Nangarhar provinces with no ceasefire framework in place as of March 29. Pakistan's stated position remained that Operation Ghazab-il-Haq would continue until 'objectives are achieved' and the Taliban stopped harboring TTP. Afghanistan's Taliban government maintained its defensive posture, claiming Afghan border forces were repelling Pakistani incursions. International pressure for de-escalation continued from China, Russia, the UN, and the European Union, but no new mediation breakthrough had been announced. The conflict entered its second full month with neither side having achieved its stated goals, and regional analysts described the situation as a grinding low-to-medium-intensity border war with escalation potential. TTP's parallel attacks inside Pakistan continued as an embedded layer of violence that complicated any bilateral ceasefire.