ISLAMABAD (MNN); Pakistan on Sunday categorically rejected allegations by Afghanistan’s Taliban administration that Pakistani security forces or intelligence agencies were involved in reported internal clashes in Nuristan province, calling the claims “baseless, fabricated and devoid of truth.”
The Information Ministry, through its fact-check account on X, said there was no credible evidence linking Pakistan to the reported violence in Nuristan.
“Pakistan categorically rejects the fabricated claims” that its security forces or intelligence agencies were involved in clashes in Nuristan or elsewhere in Afghanistan, the ministry said. It also rejected allegations that Pakistan had recruited or trained former Afghan security personnel or facilitated Daesh or any other terrorist group operating inside Afghanistan.
The statement followed allegations by Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry that Pakistan-backed individuals had crossed the border and taken part in the reported violence.
Pakistan’s Information Ministry said no evidence had been presented to substantiate the allegations, including identities, documents, communications, forensic material or independent verification.
It also disputed a video circulating on social media, saying it showed only a few unarmed individuals whose identities and circumstances were unclear. The ministry alleged that the footage appeared to have been staged, but provided no independent evidence in the statement to substantiate that characterization.
Islamabad urged the Afghan Taliban authorities to address security challenges within Afghanistan and take “credible and verifiable” action against terrorist organisations operating from Afghan territory. It also reiterated Pakistan’s demand that Afghan soil not be used for attacks against Pakistan or other countries.
The ministry said the presence and activities of militant groups in Afghanistan had been documented in reports by the United Nations and other international organisations. It particularly referred to concerns over the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other militant organisations.
According to a UN Security Council-mandated monitoring report covering December 16, 2025 to June 9, 2026, continued Taliban support for the TTP was assessed as contributing to an increase in the frequency and lethality of terrorist attacks in Pakistan. The report also highlighted operational and facilitation links among the TTP, Al Qaeda, Islamic State-Khorasan and the Baloch Liberation Army.
Pak-Afghan tensions
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have remained strained amid Islamabad’s repeated concerns over cross-border militancy.
On September 21, following major terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan said it carried out “calibrated” airstrikes against militant hideouts in the border region with Afghanistan, claiming that more than 28 terrorists were killed.
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar described the action as part of Operation Ghazab lil Haq, which Pakistan says was launched in February following cross-border firing by Afghan Taliban forces.
Pakistan later said it had shot down eight drones that entered its airspace from Afghanistan near Torkham and Kohat. Pakistani authorities subsequently announced “precision aerial and drone strikes” against 10 locations inside Afghanistan in response.
On Friday, Pakistan’s Information Ministry also rejected an Afghan Defence Ministry claim that a Pakistani post near the Spin Boldak border had been destroyed, describing the claim as false.
