Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting cites UN and US assessments on militant activity in Afghanistan and calls for verifiable action against cross-border terrorism.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has urged the Afghan Taliban regime to take verifiable action against terrorist groups operating from Afghan territory, saying regional peace depends on ending support for militant networks targeting Pakistan.
In a statement issued Saturday on X, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting rejected recent statements by the Afghan Taliban regime, arguing that allegations against Pakistan’s security institutions do not address Islamabad’s longstanding concerns about cross-border terrorism.
Pakistan said its concerns were supported by international assessments, including the U.N. Security Council’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team’s 16th report, S/2025/796, and the U.S. lead inspector general’s Operation Enduring Sentinel report to Congress covering January-March 2026.
According to Pakistan’s statement, the U.S. report said the Afghan Taliban continued to allow Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to operate from Afghan territory. It also linked Taliban support and greater operational freedom for the group to an increase in attacks against Pakistan. The report estimated the TTP’s strength at 4,000 to 6,000 fighters.
The ministry said claims that Afghanistan lacked either the capacity or the interest to destabilize Pakistan did not resolve the security concerns raised by Islamabad.
It cited repeated attempts by armed militants to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the killing of Afghan nationals and members of terrorist groups during Pakistani counterterrorism operations, and the recovery of foreign-origin weapons from militant elements. Pakistan also raised concerns about alleged facilitation of terrorist groups by Afghan Taliban officials, including officials in Kandahar.
The statement said such allegations required credible explanations and verifiable action rather than blanket denials.
Pakistan maintained that its security measures targeted terrorist threats rather than the Afghan people. It said peace and stability in the two neighboring countries were closely linked and that Afghans would benefit from a region free of terrorism.
The ministry called on the Afghan Taliban regime to end any tolerance, facilitation or support for terrorist organizations, specifically naming the TTP, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and their affiliates. It also urged the regime to ensure that Afghan territory was not used to plan, prepare or launch attacks against Pakistan.
Pakistan said attempts to portray its security concerns and defensive measures as hostility toward Afghanistan would not resolve the underlying problem.
The statement added that Pakistan would continue taking 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.
It concluded that regional peace could prevail only if the Afghan Taliban verifiably addressed Pakistan’s concerns about terrorism originating from Afghanistan.
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