Pakistani Army delivers strong reaction to unprovoked Afghan aggression along the border

Clashes broke out along the Pak-Afghan border after Afghan forces opened unprovoked fire in several places in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, leading to a quick and powerful reaction from the Pakistan army that destroyed several Afghan positions and killed SNES of Afghan soldiers and terrorists, said security sources on Saturday.

The coordinated assaults come from several key sectors, including Angoor Adda, Bajaur, Kurram, Dir, Chitral in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Baramcha in Balochistan. The firing, claimed security sources, were aimed at facilitating the illegal entry of Khwarij-the state-appointed term for the forbidden Tehreek-in-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)-to the Pakistani territory.

“The Pakistani army responded immediately and resolutely,” said security sources. “The counter -offensive targeted and destroyed several Afghan positions at the border. Dozens of Afghan soldiers and Khwarij were killed in retaliatory fire.”

Sources said that after the retaliatory attack, several Taliban warriors left their positions and fled, leaving the bodies of their soldiers. “Organs are scattered and the posts are deserted in panic,” confirmed safety sources.

The cross-border aggression came at a diplomatically sensitive moment, as Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister is currently on an official visit to India-a step that has led to a source of major concern in Islamabad.

Security sources believe that the timing and coordination of the attack-reluctant with reported terrorist movements along the border trips serious issues of Afghan forces’ role in facilitating cross-border militant conditions.

From late Saturday, it was reported that the Pakistani Army’s retaliatory operations continued in some sectors with high alarm troops along the western border.

Afghan Taliban appeals to the ceasefire

After Pakistan’s peculiar response, Afghanistan’s Taliban-led Ministry of Defense announced that it would cease its actions and called on Islamabad to avoid further escalation.

In a statement, the ministry said, “We will now stop our retaliatory action against Pakistan and expect Pakistan to not fight back.”

Naqvi warns Kabul about retaliation

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi strongly condemned what he described as “unprovoked firing” of Afghan forces in civilian populated areas of Pakistan, and signed the attacks a clear violation of the international law.

“The firing of civilian populations is an open violation of international law,” Naqvi said in a statement, praising Pakistan’s armed forces for what he called an immediate and effective answer.
“Pakistan’s brave forces have, through a timely and powerful response, demonstrated that any provocation will not be tolerated,” he added.

The Minister of the Interior said Pakistan’s security forces remained on high alarm and responded appropriately to any aggression. “Our forces are aware and Afghanistan is answered with stones for stone,” he noted, using a local molds to emphasize a tough countermeasle.

Naqvi also suggested external involvement behind the latest hostilities. “The pattern of fire and blood we are witnessing in Afghanistan have connections to our perennial enemies,” he claimed without naming any land.

Naqvi, who confirmed public solidarity with the armed forces, said the population of Pakistan was united behind the military. “The population of Pakistan stands with our brave armed forces like a wall of steel,” he said.

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The minister further warned Kabul against what he called “provocative actions,” and said that Pakistan would not hesitate to respond. “Afghanistan gets a crucial reaction similar to India, so it won’t dare to throw a desire for Pakistan,” he said.

KP is facing escalating terror wave

KP has been gripped by a wave of extremism and terrorist violence, where terrorists infiltrate across the Afghan border to target both security forces and civilians.

The night of 10 to 11 October, highly armed attacks on breaking the perimeter of the police training school in Dera Ismail Khan district. Six policemen – including trainees – were martyrated, while twelve others and a civilian sustained injuries when security forces rejected what officials described as a “feigt terrorist attack.”

Just days earlier, eleven service men, including two officers, had been martyrated during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in one of K-P’s mountainous districts. Nineteen terrorists were reported killed in the same commitment.

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In the wake, the security forces launched a “retaliatory operation” that targeted militants linked to the Orakzai attack. According to the military’s media wing, thirty terrorists were involved in the incident killed during the operation performed earlier this week.

Army warns growing involvement of Afghan citizens in terrorism

By tackling a press conference in Peshawar on Friday, DG ISPR LT GEN AHMED SHARIF CHAUDHRY recognized the deteriorating security situation and the increase in terrorist activity across the country.

He said Pakistan’s terrorist campaign had been intensified with over 10,000 intelligence -based operations performed in KP this year alone, resulting in eliminating nearly 1,000 militants.

DG ISPR warned that the growing involvement of Afghan nationals of terrorism had further complicated Pakistan’s security landscape. “Afghanistan is used as a base to perform terrorism in Pakistan,” he said, calling on the Taliban government to ensure that its land was not used against its neighbor.

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He noted that many of the militants active in KP maintained connections to Afghanistan and used abandoned US weapons left behind after the withdrawal of 2021.

The LT Gen Chaudhry also cited control failure and the weak implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) as key factors behind the resuscitation of military.

“The vacuum of poor governance is filled by the blood of the martyr,” he noted, stressing that effective enforcement of naps and improved governance in KP was important to restore peace and stability.