Pakistan accuses India of using Afghanistan for terrorism as Taliban assures no attacks from its soil

Rattled by the Taliban regime’s growing diplomatic engagement with India, Pakistan on Friday accused New Delhi of using Afghan territory to carry out terrorist activities targeting Pakistan.

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt. General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry made the allegation during a press conference in Peshawar, highlighting Pakistan’s worsening security situation, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

Chaudhry claimed that “Indian proxies” were operating from Afghanistan to target Pakistan, adding that Islamabad had shared “proof and evidence” with Kabul. “Pakistan has strong evidence of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) terror activities from Afghanistan. The KP government must protect its citizens instead of begging Afghanistan for security. Indian proxies are working in Afghanistan and using Afghan soil for terrorism,” he said, according to News18.

India has repeatedly denied these allegations, calling them “baseless.” The TTP has long sought to overthrow Pakistan’s government to establish a strict Islamic-led system and has maintained close ties with the Afghan Taliban.

Chaudhry added, “The TTP has the support of the Afghan Taliban, and non-state actors are fuelling terrorism in Pakistan. No politician or politics is above the state. No more status quo — facilitators of terrorists will not be spared. The failure to enforce the National Action Plan is enabling a surge in terrorism.”

Taliban response
Meanwhile, during his visit to India, Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi reassured that Afghanistan will not allow its territory to be used to target other countries. Speaking at a press conference with Indian journalists, Muttaqi said, “Not even one inch of soil is controlled by anyone other than the Islamic Emirate. Groups like Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba are not present; they have left Afghanistan in these four years.”

Muttaqi’s visit included talks with Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and resulted in India announcing plans to reopen its embassy in Kabul, boosting the Taliban regime’s international visibility.

The Taliban administration also accused Pakistan of carrying out airstrikes on Afghan territory late Thursday in Kabul and in Paktika province around midnight, warning of “consequences.” Islamabad neither confirmed nor denied the strikes.

Security operations in Pakistan
On the same day, Pakistan’s military said its forces killed 30 militants in multiple raids on TTP hideouts in the country’s northwest. The raids followed a recent TTP ambush on a military convoy in Orakzai district, which killed 11 soldiers, including two senior officers. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the ambush and other attacks in the region.