US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he has saved millions of lives and is highly effective at resolving conflicts, and “heard there is a war going on between Afghanistan and Pakistan”.

He noted, “This will be the eighth war I've helped to resolve. I hear there’s currently a conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan, but I said I'll deal with it once I return.”

The cross-border attacks followed Pakistani airstrikes on the Afghan capital last Thursday, strikes that Kabul has directly blamed on Islamabad. In the aftermath of intense clashes, key border crossings between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been shut down.

On Sunday, Afghanistan claimed it had killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations, calling it a response to repeated violations of its territory and ai

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