Pakistan told the Afghan Taliban on Monday that attacks on its territory are still being planned and launched from Afghanistan, and that those authorities have not stopped the groups behind them. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said it wanted action that can be checked, and it rejected the Afghan Taliban's spokesperson for trying to move the argument onto Pakistan's internal affairs.
The ministry said shifting the focus could not hide a terrorist danger that, in Islamabad's view, keeps coming from across the border. Stopping those attacks, it added, was the Taliban authorities' job.
The U.N. estimate Islamabad cited
To support its case, Pakistan referred to the 16th report of the U.N. Security Council's Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, document S/2025/796. The long name refers to a Security Council team that monitors sanctions. The ministry said the report estimated that about 6,000 fighters of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, were in Afghanistan, and that it noted support for the group from the Taliban authorities. Those findings, the ministry said, could not honestly be written off as propaganda from Islamabad.
The TTP is a militant group separate from Afghanistan's Taliban, though the two follow a closely related ideology. It has claimed responsibility for many attacks in Pakistan. Islamabad has repeatedly accused the Taliban authorities of letting the TTP operate from Afghan soil.
The Taliban authorities have rejected Pakistan's allegation that Afghanistan is used to launch attacks on other countries. Pakistan said the reported danger should be met with practical steps instead of refusals to accept it.
Talks, rights and what comes next
The ministry also criticised curbs on girls' education and what it called breaches of basic human rights. It said criticism of governance in other countries was hard to square with that record. Girls have been kept out of secondary education, and women out of universities, since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021.
Pakistan said it remained open to dialogue, but only if counterterrorism promises were honoured and verifiable action was taken against militant hideouts 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 did not spell out any further measures.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Pakistan ne Afghan Taliban par ilzam lagaya hai ke woh militants ko apni sarzameen se Pakistan par hamle karne se nahi rok rahe. Islamabad ke mutabiq ek U.N. report Afghanistan mein TTP ke taqreeban 6,000 fighters batati hai. Hukumat kehti hai guftagu tab barhegi jab is khilaf saaf aur check ho sakne wali karwai ho. Aam shehri ke liye is ka seedha matlab yeh hai ke sarhadi amn aur logon ki hifazat abhi bhi ek khula masla hai.
