Info ministry calls out Afghan Taliban for deflecting attention from terrorist sanctuaries

It added that attempts to shift attention towards Pakistan’s internal affairs could not conceal the Afghan Taliban’s failure to prevent terrorist groups from using Afghan territory to plan and launch attacks against Pakistan. The Afghan Taliban regime’s spokesperson has once again resorted to rhetoric and diversion instead of addressing the well-documented terrorist threat emanating from Afghan territory.

Attempts to shift attention towards Pakistan’s internal affairs cannot conceal the regime’s…— Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (@MoIB_Official)October 12, 2026Pakistan has repeatedlyaccusedthe Afghan Taliban regime of failing to act against militant sanctuaries despite being provided with information about their locations and activities.

Citing the Sixteenth Report (S/2025/796) of the UN Security Council’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, the ministry said the report estimated that approximately 6,000 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) fighters were present in Afghanistan and documented Taliban support for the group. “These findings cannot credibly be dismissed as Pakistani propaganda.

The regime must address this documented threat through concrete action rather than denial,” the ministry said. Also Read:‘Irrefutable evidence’ links Afghan soil to terror attacks in Pakistan.

It also criticised the Afghan Taliban regime’s record on governance and citizens’ rights, saying its attempts to lecture others on these issues rang hollow in light of its continued restrictions on girls’ education and violations of fundamental human rights.

The ministry reiterated that Pakistan remained committed to dialogue, but said meaningful progress required the Afghan Taliban regime to honour its counterterrorism commitments and take verifiable action against terrorist sanctuaries 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 responsibility to end the use of Afghan territory for attacks against Pakistan rests squarely with the regime,” it concluded. Terrorism emanating from Afghanistan. Islamabad has rejected Taliban assurances that Afghan territory would not be used against neighbouring countries, arguing that the ground situation and documented militant activity tell a different story.

Pakistan maintains that the terroristnexusextended beyond the movement of terrorists across the border to their training, arming and operational support. Security officials estimate that up to 70 per cent of the. Fitna al-Khawarijterrorists infiltrating Pakistan were of Afghan origin.

They further claim that the. Talibanregime had allowed leftover US and NATO weapons to reach terrorist groups, including. Fitna al-Khawarijand.

Fitna al-Hindustan. The security establishment also linked the escalation in attacks to the presence of terrorist infrastructure inside Afghanistan. In 2026 alone, terrorism emanating from Afghan soil claimed the lives of 1,327 Pakistanis and injured another 2,484, authorities.

Read More:Pakistan warns Afghanistan after Kohat attack, says it can eliminate terror threats ‘wherever they are’Officials said that whenever Pakistani forces targeted terrorist hideouts, the Taliban regime instead moved to defend the militants and their sanctuaries rather than dismantling the infrastructure.

The issue, Pakistan has argued, was not confined to TTP.UNassessmentshave continued to document the presence of several other militant organisations in Afghanistan, including al Qaeda, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) and Islamic State-Khorasan, reinforcing concerns about the broader militant ecosystem operating from Afghan territory.

Pakistani officials say the continued presence of these groups, combined with training facilities, cross-border infiltration and access to sophisticated weapons, demonstrates that Afghanistan remains an important base for terrorist activity affecting Pakistan.

Pakistan's position,, remains that Kabul must takeconcretesteps to dismantle terrorist sanctuaries, eliminate training infrastructure, prevent cross-border infiltration and ensure that Afghan territory is not used for attacks against Pakistan. The government has maintained that the issue was fundamentally one of Pakistan'snational securityand that continued attacks from Afghan soil cannot be addressed through denials alone.

Pakistan says it expected the Taliban regime to fulfil itscommitmentsby taking verifiable action against terrorist groups operating from its territory rather than defending or denying their presence.