ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s information ministry on Friday rejected claims by the Taliban regime of destroying a post near the Spin Boldak border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
“Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defence, as usual, falsely claimed that a Pakistani post near Spin Boldak was destroyed and that Afghan forces suffered no casualties, while dismissing Pakistan’s account as propaganda,” the ministry said in a post on X.
It said the claim is fake and fabricated. The ministry added that, as per the facts, an attempted Afghan aggression in the Gulistan sector was thwarted on the night between September 24 and September 25, and during the process and subsequent heavy punishment inflicted on opposing Taliban posts, at least 13 Afghan Taliban personnel were killed and several were injured.
It also shared visuals in the post, which the ministry said were of the incident.
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The incident, it added, had already been “widely covered by media and circulated extensively across social media, providing visual evidence of the border engagement and punishment inflicted on the Afghan Taliban after their cowardly attack”.
“The fabricated Afghan Ministry’s attempt is no surprise since the Taliban are habitual liars having no moral and reputational standing,” it said.
Pakistan conducts precision aerial and drone strikes across Afghanistan
Pakistan conducted precision aerial and drone strikes on 10 locations across Afghanistan on Thursday in retaliation for drones launched from Afghan territory a day earlier.
The response followed the entry of eight drones from Afghanistan into Pakistani airspace near the Torkham border and Kohat on Wednesday.
Security sources said the drones were subsequently shot down. Afghan Taliban forces opened unprovoked fire near Kurram the previous night, as Pakistani security forces foiled an attempt by terrorists to cross into the country.
On September 21, Pakistan carried out “calibrated” airstrikes in Afghanistan’s border region in response to recent terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, targeting hideouts and safe havens of terrorist organisations.
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The Information Ministry said on Monday that Afghanistan’s continued role as a base for terrorism was a matter of “grave concern”, adding that the threat to Pakistan emanated from Afghan territory.
The strikes followed a major attack on the old Police Lines in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which killed 23 people and injured around 100 others. Eight terrorists were killed during an overnight clearance operation to secure the area.
Operation Ghazab lil-Haq
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar described Monday’s action as part of Pakistan’s ongoing counter-terrorism campaign, Ghazab lil Haq.
Earlier this week, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar addressed a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), where he called for steps towards concrete and verifiable action to prevent the use of Afghan soil for terrorism against any neighbouring country, particularly Pakistan.
Dar said Pakistan was “seriously concerned” about the presence of over two dozen terrorist groups in Afghanistan that threatened regional and international peace and security.
