The Kabul Tribune (KT) — Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday accused Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities of failing to prevent militant groups from using Afghan territory to plan and launch attacks against Pakistan, urging them to take verifiable action against militant networks.
In a statement, the ministry rejected remarks by the Afghan
Taliban’s spokesperson, accusing the administration of diverting attention from
what Islamabad describes as a persistent terrorist threat originating in
Afghanistan.
“Attempts to shift attention towards Pakistan’s internal
affairs cannot conceal the regime’s failure to prevent terrorist groups from
using Afghanistan to plan and launch attacks against Pakistan,” the ministry
said.
Pakistan cited a report by the U.N. Security Council’s
Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, which estimated that
approximately 6,000 fighters from the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, were
present in Afghanistan and reported support for the group by the Taliban
authorities.
The ministry referred to the team’s 16th report, document
S/2025/796, arguing that the findings could not credibly be dismissed as
Pakistani propaganda. It called on the Afghan Taliban to address the reported
threat through concrete measures rather than denials.
The TTP, a militant group separate from Afghanistan’s
Taliban but ideologically aligned with it, has claimed responsibility for
numerous attacks in Pakistan. Islamabad has repeatedly accused the Afghan
Taliban of allowing the group to operate from Afghan territory. The Taliban
authorities have rejected Pakistan’s allegations that Afghanistan is being used
to launch attacks against other countries.
The Pakistani ministry also criticized the Taliban authorities
over restrictions on girls’ education and what it described as violations of
fundamental human rights, saying their criticism of governance in other
countries was inconsistent with their own record.
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have barred girls from
secondary education and women from universities since returning to power in
August 2021.
Pakistan said it remained committed to dialogue but insisted
that progress depended on the Afghan Taliban meeting their counterterrorism
commitments and taking verifiable action against what Islamabad described as
militant safe havens and support networks.
“Pakistan will take all necessary measures, in accordance
with international law, to protect its citizens, defend its sovereignty and
safeguard its territorial integrity,” the ministry said.
It added that the responsibility for preventing attacks
against Pakistan from Afghan territory rested with the Taliban authorities.
The statement did not specify what additional measures
Pakistan might take.
