Islamabad  —  Afghanistan and Pakistan are fighting again, trading deadly shelling and mortar fire across their rugged border, with Islamabad’s defense minister saying his country’s patience had “run out” and declaring “open war” on its Taliban-run neighbor. It’s the latest flare-up in an on-off conflict that pitches Pakistan’s well-funded, powerful and nuclear-armed military against hardened … The post Pakistan’s defense minister says latest clashes with Taliban mean ‘open war.’ What’s happening? appeared first on Egypt Independent .