Trump Offers to Mediate Pakistan-Afghanistan Conflict. Says He’s “Good at Making Peace”

US President Donald Trump on Monday expressed his willingness to mediate between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Following deadly border clashes over the weekend. Declaring he was “good at making peace”. As fighting between the two neighboring countries left dozens of people dead.

Intense border skirmishes between Pakistan and Afghanistan began late Saturday night and continued into Sunday morning. According to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), 23 Pakistani troops were martyred while 200 Taliban and affiliated militants were killed. After Islamabad responded to aggression by Kabul.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Washington to Israel. Trump said he had taken note of the violence between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Intended to address it upon his return. The US president is traveling to oversee the first phase of a Gaza peace plan. Which includes a hostage-prisoner exchange between Tel Aviv and Hamas.

During the in-flight interaction, a reporter noted Trump was receiving bipartisan praise for brokering the Gaza deal.

When asked where he believed it fit into his legacy. He replied: “This will be my eighth war that I’ve solved,”. “And I hear now there’s a war going on between Pakistan and Afghanistan. I said, ‘I’ll have to wait till I get back’. I am doing another one. Because I’m good at solving wars, I’m good at making peace and it is an honor to do it. I save millions of lives.”

The president returned to the White House for his second term in January. He frequently says he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for resolving several global conflicts. While observers have described these assertions as exaggerated.

Reacting to the Nobel Committee’s decision to award Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado the 2024 Peace Prize. Trump said: “In all fairness to the Nobel committee, it was for 2024 But there are those that say you could make an exception cause a lot of things happened during 2025. That are done and completed and great. But I did this not for Nobel, I did this for saving lives.”

He went on to reference his earlier efforts involving India and Pakistan, saying: “Think about India-Pakistan. Think about some of the wars that were going on for years. We had one going for 31 years one going for 32 years and one going for 37 years. And I got every one of those done. For the most part, within a day. It’s pretty good.”

Trump said he resolved “a few of the wars just based on tariffs”. Adding that economic pressure had played a decisive role in his diplomacy.

“With India and Pakistan, I said if you guys want to fight a war and you have nuclear weapons. I’m going to put big tariffs on you both; like 100 per cent, 150pc and 200pc. I had that thing settled in 24 hours. If I didn’t have tariffs, you could have never settled that war,” he said.

The US president has repeatedly taken credit for ending the violent confrontation between India and Pakistan in May. The worst between the two nuclear-armed rivals in decades. The conflict was triggered by an attack on Hindu tourists in occupied Kashmir. Which India blamed on Pakistan. Islamabad denied involvement. Calling New Delhi’s allegations “replete with fabrications.”

Both countries exchanged heavy firepower during the four-day conflict. Using fighter jets, missiles, artillery, and drones. Resulting in dozens of deaths. Before agreeing to a ceasefire. Pakistan claimed it shot down six Indian fighter jets. Including French-made Rafales, during the conflict. India acknowledged “some losses” but denied the claim of six jets being destroyed.

As Trump emphasized his reputation for “solving wars,” some observers noted his confidence resembled the resilience often required by soldiers on the frontlines.