US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he “loves” solving wars and expressed confidence in the resolution of the ongoing conflicts involving Pakistan and Afghanistan, calling it “easy” to end.
During a bilateral lunch with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House, Trump discussed the current conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan and suggested it could be quickly resolved under his leadership.
“I love solving wars… Do you know why? I love preventing people from being killed and I have saved millions and millions of lives,” he stated.
Trump took credit for easing tensions between the two nuclear-armed nations, India and Pakistan. “I’ve solved eight wars. Go to Rwanda and Congo, talk about India and Pakistan… Look at all the wars we’ve solved,” Trump said.
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Trump has repeatedly taken credit for helping ease tensions between India and Pakistan, saying trade and tariffs play a key role in keeping the US from further conflict.
However, India has consistently rejected these claims and reaffirmed its long-standing position that all issues with Pakistan, including those related to Jammu and Kashmir, must be resolved bilaterally, without the involvement of third parties.
Regarding the ongoing war in Ukraine with Moscow, Trump expressed confidence in his ability to broker peace. “This will be number nine… We will have success with this (Ukrainian) war,” he said.
Pakistan violates ceasefire with airstrikes in Afghanistan
Pakistan carried out airstrikes inside Afghanistan late on Friday, killing at least 10 people and violating a ceasefire that had briefly calmed tensions along the border, Afghan officials told AFP.
The 48-hour ceasefire halted nearly a week of intense border clashes that left dozens of soldiers and civilians dead on both sides.
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Pakistani state media said on Friday evening that a high-level Pakistani delegation would travel to Qatar on Saturday for talks with Afghanistan. However, Pakistani television did not provide any further details, AP reported.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Shafqat Ali Khan earlier told reporters in Islamabad that he was unable to share any information about possible talks with Afghanistan and that the ministry would issue a statement when such talks take place.
Ali said Islamabad wants Kabul to prevent anyone from using Afghan soil to launch attacks inside Pakistan, and that recent Pakistani attacks have only targeted militant hideouts.
“Pakistan violated the ceasefire and bombed three locations in Paktika province,” a senior Taliban official told AFP on condition of anonymity. “Afghanistan will be the revenge.”
Mourners read the Holy Quran while sitting around the grave of Frontier Corps (FC) paramilitary personnel who were killed during clashes on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Kohat on October 17, 2025. A ceasefire was held on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on October 16, with officials from both sides and civilians saying dozens were killed civilians. (Photo: Syed Basit / AFP)
At the heart of the tension are security concerns, with Pakistan accusing Afghanistan of harboring militant groups, particularly the TTP, also known as the Pakistani Taliban, which Kabul strongly denies.
Recent clashes between the two countries have been the deadliest since 2021, when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan after the fall of a Western-backed government as US and NATO forces withdrew after 20 years of war.
On Friday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was informed that Pakistan had sent back 1.4 million Afghans, according to a government statement, as part of a phased plan starting in 2023. Sharif was quoted as saying that only Afghans with valid Pakistani visas would be allowed to stay in the country, the AP reported.
(With input from agencies)
