Pakistan’s Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, issued a sharp warning to the de facto administration in Kabul, affirming that Islamabad maintains the right to take all necessary security measures if Afghan territory continues to be used as a launching pad for militant attacks inside Pakistan.
Speaking to reporters in Islamabad on Monday, October 26, Minister Chaudhry dismissed allegations from de facto officials regarding cross-border operations as “baseless and unacceptable,” urging Kabul to dismantle active militant hideouts rather than deflecting responsibility.
Evidence Sharing and Unresolved Infiltration
The minister revealed that Pakistani intelligence and diplomatic channels have repeatedly provided detailed intelligence dossiers to de facto officials regarding cross-border militant networks:
- Diplomatic Engagements: Concrete evidence detailing militant infiltration routes was formally presented to de facto representatives during bilateral security consultations in Istanbul and Doha.
- Inaction from Kabul: Despite high-level diplomatic briefings, the minister noted that de facto authorities have failed to restrain non-state armed groups—such as Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)—from orchestrating strikes across the Durand Line.
- Decisive Defense Mandate: Reaffirming Pakistan’s stance, Chaudhry stated that national security agencies will act unilaterally and decisively to protect Pakistani citizens and military personnel from persistent cross-border incursions.
Escalating Border Friction and Security Operations
The warning follows a series of lethal engagements in Pakistan’s northwest, including a counterterrorism operation in Dera Ismail Khan that resulted in the deaths of two Pakistani soldiers and six TTP operatives.
As cross-border violence intensifies, diplomatic ties between Islamabad and Kabul remain critically strained. While Pakistani officials reiterate that kinetic strikes specifically target militant staging grounds and supply corridors, de facto authorities continue to deny hosting foreign non-state actors. Security analysts warn that in the absence of actionable security cooperation from Kabul, cross-border retaliatory strikes will remain a recurring feature along the shared frontier.