Pakistan has rejected recent statements by the Afghan Taliban regime, accusing it of making diversionary allegations instead of addressing Islamabad’s longstanding security concerns over terrorist groups operating from Afghan territory.
In a statement, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said blaming Pakistan’s security institutions would not absolve the Afghan Taliban regime of its responsibility to prevent Afghan soil from being used for terrorist attacks against Pakistan.
The ministry said Pakistan’s concerns were supported by international assessments, including the United Nations Security Council’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team’s sixteenth report (S/2025/796) and the US Lead Inspector General’s Operation Enduring Sentinel report to Congress for January–March 2026.
According to the ministry, the US report stated that the Afghan Taliban continued to allow Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to operate from Afghan territory, with Taliban support and greater freedom for the group contributing to increased attacks against Pakistan. The report estimated the TTP’s strength at 4,000–6,000 fighters.
The statement said claims that Afghanistan lacked the capacity or intention to destabilise Pakistan did not address these documented concerns. It cited repeated attempts by armed terrorists to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, casualties among Afghan nationals and members of terrorist groups during Pakistan’s counterterrorism operations, and the recovery of foreign-origin weapons from terrorist elements.
Pakistan also raised concerns over the facilitation of terrorist groups by Afghan Taliban officials, including officials in Kandahar, saying such allegations required credible explanations and verifiable action rather than blanket denials.
The ministry stressed that Pakistan’s security measures were directed against terrorist threats, not the Afghan people, adding that peace and stability in both countries were closely linked.
It urged the Afghan Taliban regime to end any tolerance, facilitation or support for terrorist organisations, including the TTP, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and their affiliates, and to ensure that Afghan territory was not used to plan, prepare or launch attacks against Pakistan.
The statement further said attempts to portray Pakistan’s security concerns and defensive measures as hostility towards Afghanistan would neither divert attention from the issue nor resolve it.
Pakistan, the ministry said, would continue to take all necessary measures to protect its citizens, sovereignty and territorial integrity, while remaining open to responsible engagement based on mutual respect, verifiable commitments and concrete action against terrorist sanctuaries, support networks and cross-border infiltration.
The ministry concluded that lasting regional peace would only be possible if the Afghan Taliban regime verifiably addressed Pakistan’s core concern regarding terrorism originating from Afghan territory.
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