Pakistani security forces struck several Afghan border posts, mortar positions and defence posts after what the deputy commissioner described as unprovoked firing in South Waziristan. He said Afghan Taliban personnel left their posts under the pressure of the Pakistani response.
The deputy commissioner said no casualties had been reported on the Pakistani side in the border areas so far. He also said Pakistani troops were ready to answer any kind of aggression.
DG ISPR blames India and Afghan Taliban for terrorism
Earlier, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said India was the biggest sponsor of terrorism in Pakistan. He accused the Afghan Taliban regime of acting as India’s proxy.
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In an interview with an international news agency, the DG ISPR said the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) were also Indian proxies operating against Pakistan. He said the Afghan Taliban used hired fighters to pursue what he called nefarious goals, adding that non-state actors were still running Afghanistan.
Claims of militant shelter inside Afghanistan
Chaudhry said several agencies and proxies had put down roots in Afghanistan following Russian intervention. He also named Jaish al-Adl, Al-Qaeda and Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) as groups present in the country, and said the United Nations and the United States had also pointed to terrorist groups there.
According to the DG ISPR, Pakistan wants the Afghan Taliban to stop supporting terrorists operating inside Pakistan. He alleged that the Afghan Taliban regime had sheltered Noor Wali Mehsud, Bashir Zeb and Gul Bahadur. He further said terrorist formations entered Pakistan from Afghanistan and received weapons there.
“If the Taliban regime does not listen to us on terrorism, it will have to pay a serious price,” he warned. Chaudhry also said the Afghan Taliban regime lacked credibility at the international level and urged the international community to compel it to behave like a normal state.
