Afar are a punch of toothless cawaan that can't defend against anyone, they are forever the property of whoever stronger at a particular time, TPLF controlled them like almost a year till oromo PP used turkish drones and drove tigray out of afar to colonize them, so no need to mention this ultra submissive beings in the context of ethiopian wars
Here is the timeline of the battle: TPF attacks TPLF from the Afar region, TPLF invades Afar region to destroy TPF bases, TPF retreats, Afar forces rally and counter-attack, lull in fighting- Afar forces cannot break through main TPLF lines and the TPLF did not try to gain more ground, TPLF starts withdrawing, at the last second the ENDF does a drone strike.
End result: TPF whipped, Afar region re-gains control of the border with Tigray from TPF
At the end of the day, everybody but TPF won lol. ENDF can say it's drones are deadly, TPLF can say it successfully removed the TPF threat, Afar can say it defended it's borders and proved it's not something to be scoffed at.