Pakistan’s Information Ministry has rejected allegations by the Afghan Taliban administration linking Pakistan to reported violence in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, calling the claims baseless and unsupported by evidence.
In a statement issued through its fact-check account on X, the ministry said Pakistan categorically rejected allegations that its security forces or intelligence agencies were involved in internal clashes in Nuristan or elsewhere in Afghanistan.
It also rejected claims that Pakistan had recruited or trained former Afghan security personnel or facilitated Daesh or other militant groups operating in Afghanistan.
The statement came after Afghanistan’s defence ministry alleged 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 dismissed a video circulating on social media as insufficient evidence, alleging that it showed several unarmed individuals being detained in what appeared to be a staged recording.
The ministry urged the Afghan Taliban administration to address security challenges within Afghanistan and take verifiable action against militant groups operating from its territory. It also called on Kabul to honour its commitments that Afghan soil would not be used for attacks against Pakistan or other countries.
The ministry said militant organisations operating in Afghanistan have been documented in reports by the United Nations and other international organisations. It argued that attempts to link Pakistan to internal Afghan security issues should not distract from the presence of militant groups in Afghanistan.
Pakistan has repeatedly called on the Taliban administration to dismantle militant sanctuaries in Afghanistan, particularly those linked to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which Islamabad accuses of carrying out attacks in Pakistan.
A UN Security Council-mandated monitoring report covering December 2025 to June 2026 said continued Taliban support for the TTP had contributed to an increase in the frequency and severity of militant attacks in Pakistan, while noting that Kabul had taken some initial steps against the group.
The report also identified growing operational links among the TTP, Al Qaeda, Islamic State-Khorasan and the Baloch Liberation Army.
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have remained strained over allegations of cross-border militancy.
In September, Pakistan carried out airstrikes in border areas of Afghanistan following major militant attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The government said the strikes targeted militant hideouts and resulted in the deaths of more than 28 militants.
The latest tensions followed Pakistan’s claim that drones launched from Afghanistan had entered its airspace near Torkham and Kohat. Pakistan subsequently reported conducting precision air and drone strikes at 10 locations in Afghanistan.
Pakistan has also rejected Afghan claims that its forces destroyed a Pakistani security post near the Spin Boldak border between Balochistan and Kandahar.
