Islamabad:
Pakistan on Sunday issued a sharp warning that any further terrorist attacks derived from Afghan territory will encourage direct strikes on terrorist positions in Afghanistan, signaling a major shift in the rules of engagement along the porous border.
The warning followed intense clashes overnight, and a number of precision operations, Islamabad say, were performed in self -defense. In an official military statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Pakistan had performed targeted strikes against Taliban positions, training centers and command nodes, identified as safe ports for groups attacking Pakistani soil. The army framed the operations as limited, accurate answers to what it described as “unprovoked” assault on Pakistani border posts.
The operations coincided with reports of heavy exchanges across multiple sectors of the border of 2,600 kilometers and the temporary closure of major crossings, including Torkham and Chaman as authorities tried to contain that violence and civilian shifts.
Islamabad also reported significant terrorist accidents and troop losses in the clashes, while Afghan authorities gave competing accident. Security sources in Islamabad said the new attitude combines kinetic action with a harder administrative line.
“Pakistan will hold the Afghan administration responsible for militant activity launched from Afghan Earth and has warned that future cross -border attacks will be met with strikes inside Afghanistan,” according to sources. Pakistan has previously completed cross -border strikes, but they were not frequent.
But new rules for commitment mean that there may be frequent such actions if Afghan side refuses to empty terrorist equipment. Government officials also repeated earlier threats to accelerate steps against undocumented Afghan citizens living in Pakistan.
International players, including regional mediators, have called for restraint and dialogue and warned that continued tit-for-TAT operations risk a wider regional escalation and humanitarian fallout for civilians on both sides of the border.
A senior official told The Express Pakinomist that the Afghan side made a big mistake by launching attacks last night. “This is our peat [conventional war] And the Taliban cannot compete. They have given us a great advantage, “the official said, adding that Pakistan would use this window to inflict maximum damage to the terror infrastructure.
There was no other option but to create deterrence where the Afghan side understands the cost of supporting the forbidden Tehreek-E-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the official explained. The official revealed that Pakistan will now follow “his enemies” wherever they are in Afghanistan.
“Whether they are hiding in Kabul or Khost or Kandahar, we will chase them down,” the official stressed. It is believed that TTP chief Noor Wali Mehsud narrowly escaped when Pakistan hit his vehicle in Kabul with precision attacks a few days ago. It is now confirmed that the vehicle was actually in the use of the TTP manager, but at the time of the attack he was not inside.
Sources said the Afghan side deliberately played the Kabul strike when they knew the TTP manager was the goal. “Pakistan’s action has clearly rattled them [Afghan Taliban]. They did not expect us to carry out such attacks, “according to sources.
