Pakistan's Defence Minister Warns of Strikes Inside Afghanistan Amid Border Tensions

Imagine two neighbors, Pakistan and Afghanistan, who have never gotten along very well.

Pakistan's defense minister recently said that their army might have to go deep into Afghanistan to stop bad guys, called TTP, who are attacking Pakistan from across the border.

This is happening because these TTP fighters have been killing Pakistani soldiers and police.

The article explains that this fighting isn't new.

Even when Pakistan first became its own country, Afghanistan didn't agree with the border and caused problems.

There have been many times in the past when they almost went to war.

The article also talks about a historical figure called the 'Faqir of Ipi' who was like a spiritual leader for some tribes and fought against both the British and the Afghan government.

Pakistan has also, in the past, used religious fighters to try and influence things in Afghanistan, but the article suggests this plan has now gone wrong.

So, the current problems are part of a very long and complicated history of arguments and fighting between these two countries.