ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday castigated the Afghan Taliban regime for “acting as a proxy of Hindutva designs and abetting terrorism for money”, as Islamabad slammed Kabul over repeated baseless allegations linking Pakistan to violence in Nuristan province.
Pakistan’s Information Ministry said the latest allegations by the Taliban’s so-called Minister for Borders and other regime mouthpieces were “self-rhetorical lies” aimed at diverting attention from serious internal oppression, dissent and instability faced by the regime.
“Afghan Taliban unfortunately remain willingly oblivious to their un-Islamic abetment of terror, acting as a proxy to Hindutva design for the sake of greed of a few of their leaders,” the Information Ministry said in a statement.
𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 | 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
◼️ The latest allegations by so called Minister for Borders and other mouthpieces of the Taliban regime seeking to attribute the fighting in Nuristan to Pakistan are self rhetorical… pic.twitter.com/S4z5EYre5K
— Fact Checker MoIB (@FactCheckerMoIB) September 30, 2026
The Information Ministry said the rentier approach of destabilising the region for money as a proxy of foreign agencies was leading the Taliban toward a self-destructive path, devoid of dignity and honour.
Pakistan described the Taliban regime’s statements as reflecting despair and frustration at its inability to handle its own issues.
The Information Ministry reiterated that the Afghan Taliban were a non-inclusive and non-representative regime imposing themselves upon the Afghan people by force and oppression.
“The fact remains that the Afghan Taliban are a non-inclusive and non-representative Regime imposing themselves upon the people of Afghanistan by force and oppression”.
The ministry stated that the Taliban regime’s comical statements to externalise internal issues through rhetoric directed at Pakistan only reflected their own internal failings.
“These comical statements to externalise their internal issues and follow-up rhetoric directed towards Pakistan actually reflect the despair and frustration in handling their own issues.”
The Information Ministry statement followed Pakistan’s categorical rejection on September 27 of Taliban regime allegations linking Pakistani security forces and intelligence agencies to violence in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, which the ministry had called “frivolous, baseless and devoid of any truth.”
In a statement earlier this week, the Information Ministry had said not a shred of evidence had been produced to substantiate Pakistan’s alleged involvement — no identities, documents, communications, forensic evidence or independent verification.
𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 | 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
◼️ The allegations by the Afghan Taliban regime linking Pakistan with the alleged violence in Nuristan are frivolous, baseless and devoid of any truth. Pakistan categorically rejects… pic.twitter.com/skowInbs0L
— Fact Checker MoIB (@FactCheckerMoIB) September 27, 2026
Pakistan also dismissed a video being used to support the Taliban’s claims, saying it merely showed unarmed individuals not properly dressed or equipped, in what appeared to be a pre-planned video shoot.
The ministry had also noted that successive UN reports and other neutral international organisations had documented the presence and activities of terrorist groups inside Afghanistan, and that attempts to manufacture a Pakistani connection could not obscure the reality that these groups continued to find sanctuary on Afghan territory.
Pakistan had urged the Taliban regime to take credible action against terrorist organisations operating from Afghan soil and fulfil commitments that Afghan territory would not be used against Pakistan or any other country.
