{"id":6892,"date":"2026-03-24T02:37:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T02:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/?p=6892"},"modified":"2026-03-24T02:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T02:37:31","slug":"pakistan-and-afghanistan-agree-to-temporary-eid-al-fitr-pause-in-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/2026\/03\/24\/pakistan-and-afghanistan-agree-to-temporary-eid-al-fitr-pause-in-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to temporary Eid al-Fitr \u2018pause\u2019 in conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Link to the article: https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/18\/pakistan-and-afghanistan-agree-to-temporary-eid-al-fitr-pause-in-conflict<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan and Afghanistan have announced a temporary pause in hostilities to coincide with the Eid al-Fitr holiday, following weeks of intense fighting along their shared border. The five-day truce, requested by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkiye, will begin at midnight Thursday and last until the following Tuesday. Pakistani officials described the pause as a gesture of goodwill consistent with Islamic traditions, while cautioning that any cross-border attacks, drone strikes, or terrorist incidents would immediately trigger a resumption of military operations. Afghanistan\u2019s Taliban government similarly agreed to suspend offensive actions during the holiday. The truce comes after a deadly airstrike on the Omar Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul, which Afghanistan attributes to Pakistan, resulting in 143 deaths; Pakistan denies targeting civilians, claiming its operations focus on militant infrastructure. International organizations, including the United Nations and WHO, have raised concerns about civilian casualties, displacement, and damage to health facilities. Regional actors view the temporary ceasefire as an opportunity to reduce violence and explore a longer-term resolution to the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article highlights the gestures made by each country, pausing during a time for Islamic tradition. However, this pause mainly seems to come from pressure from other countries, emphasizing the mistrust and potential rising tensions in the future. I understand ensuring the protection of humans during a time like this, but stopping fighting may make things worse rather than buying time for peace talks. In the long run, it depends on how each country acts during and after the pause, making decisions that could stop or grow the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan could agree to this pause, possibly just placing troops along their borders for protection, but not engaging in any fights if not needed. Afghanistan could also do the same thing, but it is more likely that they may retaliate to Pakistani strikes after the pause is over. Outside countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar pushed to request this truce to potentially act as mediators, hoping to put an end to this conflict. They may act peacefully, trying to ensure some sort of agreement before the pause is over. IGOs like the UN may agree with outside countries, also pushing for some sort of agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This connects to class because IGOs like the UN and World Health Organization are getting involved, hoping to promote some sort of agreement before the conflict gets out of hand. They seem to agree with the involvement of Saudi Arabia and Qatar since these IGOs don\u2019t have much power in enforcing peace talks. This emphasizes the idea of liberal theory and how states\/IGOs are working to promote cooperation rather than conflict. It also shows how the UN has to rely on other parties for possible enforcement since there is no global government that regulates everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Link to the article: https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/18\/pakistan-and-afghanistan-agree-to-temporary-eid-al-fitr-pause-in-conflict Pakistan and Afghanistan have announced a temporary pause in hostilities to coincide with the Eid al-Fitr holiday, following weeks of intense fighting along their shared border. The five-day truce, requested by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkiye, will begin at midnight Thursday and last until the following Tuesday. Pakistani officials described the pause as a gesture… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":347,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/347"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6893,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6892\/revisions\/6893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}