Pakistan accuses Afghanistan's Taliban of enabling cross‑border militancy and backs UN mission extension

Pakistan’s defence minister, Khawaja Asif, told parliament that Afghan Taliban authorities have failed to stop militants who use Afghan territory to launch attacks inside Pakistan’s Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. He said Islamabad has offered Rs 10 billion to relocate such fighters and demanded guarantees that they will not return to border areas. Asif noted that 4,317 Pakistani soldiers have been killed in counter‑terror operations since 2022.

At the United Nations, Pakistan’s envoy, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, welcomed the Security Council’s unanimous decision to extend the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) mandate until June 2027. He warned that groups operating from Afghanistan – including the Tehreek‑e‑Taliban Pakistan, Balochistan Liberation Army, Majeed Brigade, ISIS‑K, al Qaeda and the East Turkestan Islamic Movement – pose a serious terrorist threat to Pakistan. Ahmad praised UNAMA’s role in coordinating humanitarian aid, monitoring human‑rights, and supporting political engagement amid Afghanistan’s deepening crisis and restrictions on women’s rights.