The statement calls on the Taliban to try to divert attention from militant activity originating in Afghanistan
The Ministry of Information on Friday strongly rejected claims circulating by Afghan Taliban-linked propaganda channels of cross-border drone strikes on alleged Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP) camps inside Pakistan, calling the reports “false as usual”.
In a fact-check statement issued on X, the ministry said claims that Afghan Taliban forces had attacked suspected ISKP camps in the border regions of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan were “false” and part of a recurring pattern of propaganda.
*π _____ ππ’π§π’π¬ππ«π² ππ¨ππ¨ππππ’π¨ & πππ¨π’ππ’ππππ*
βΌοΈThe Afghan Taliban regime, through their various propaganda mouthpieces and official statements, claims to have attacked some alleged ISKP camps in the border areas of Khyber… pic.twitter.com/xyzutM6O3Aβ Fact Checker MoIB (@FactCheckerMoIB) June 19, 2026
It further stated: “Terrorist camps, including those of Daesh and more than two dozen other terrorist organizations, are factually located, operated and patronized from within territories under the control of the Afghan Taliban regime.”
The post has an image attached of a screenshot of an X-post from the Afghan Ministry of Defense account claiming that Afghan forces carried out airstrikes targeting alleged Daesh-affiliated locations in KP and Balochistan.
Read also: Pakistan’s Terrorism Landscape: Challenges and Solutions
The statement rejected the narrative and called out the Afghan Taliban for trying to divert attention from militant activity originating in Afghanistan, adding that such claims are routinely used “to cover their patronage of terror in neighboring countries and regions.”
The ministry also presented what it called the factual account of the incident, saying: “A rudimentary drone of the Taliban regime entered Pakistan’s airspace near Shinko, Khyber. It was immediately identified and neutralized by the Pakistan Air Force’s alert air defense system.”
Concluding the submission, the ministry said: “Truth prevails over lies.”
Pak-Afghan tensions
KP had witnessed a significant increase in militant violence last year, with more than 500 reported attacks, a 50% increase over the previous year.
The fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which started in October, has killed dozens of people on both sides, with the Afghans taking the brunt. Islamabad accuses the Afghan Taliban of harboring militants who launch attacks in Pakistan, although Kabul denies this, calling the militancy its neighbor’s domestic problem.
Operation Ghazab Lil Haq was launched around the end of February following renewed clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border after Afghan Taliban forces fired at several locations, prompting swift military retaliation from Pakistan.
Clashes intensified after Afghanistan launched a border offensive in response to Pakistani airstrikes targeting terrorist positions. The two sides had agreed to a week-long ceasefire on the eve of Eidul Fitr on March 18 following requests from TΓΌrkiye, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Pakistan in April made three core demands to the Afghan Taliban during peace talks in Urumqi, China, including Kabul formally declaring the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan a terrorist organization, dismantling its infrastructure and providing verifiable evidence of the action. These demands form the basis of Pakistan’s negotiating position, which sources say has hardened due to persistent security concerns.
In the latest development, Pakistan carried out “precision strikes” along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border targeting terrorist hideouts, killing 26 Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists in response to recent terrorist attacks in the country.
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said the operations were carried out in the wake of recent attacks, including the attack on a federal police station in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on June 9, a vehicle-borne suicide attack on a military post in North Waziristan on June 2, and an attack on a police station in Bannu on May 9.
