Afghanistan and Pakistan

Afghanistan scores 22/100 toward Pakistan (unfriendliness, pressure), while Pakistan scores 25/100 back.

Afghanistan toward Pakistan

Afghanistan launched retaliatory drone/airstrikes targeting what it called a Daesh center inside Pakistan, while simultaneously closing border crossings and diverting trade routes away from Pakistan, indicating active hostility punctuated only by nominal calls for dialogue.

Pakistan toward Afghanistan

Pakistan conducted airstrikes inside Afghanistan prompting retaliation, kept border crossings closed causing billions in losses, and mass-deported millions of Afghans, though it has called for regional cooperation and moved to reopen some crossings.

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