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Pakistan urges Afghanistan’s Taliban government to curb cross-border militant attacks
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has urged Afghanistan’s Taliban government to stop militants from using Afghan territory to attack Pakistan.
The two countries have faced repeated border clashes and Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan amid a longstanding dispute over militant activity.
Pakistan accuses Kabul of sheltering the Pakistani Taliban, or TTP, which is separate from but closely allied with Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban.
Afghanistan’s Taliban government denies providing a safe haven to militants targeting Pakistan.
Dar said Pakistan’s diplomatic and economic efforts had not led to meaningful progress on its demand for action against the groups.
Pakistan says more than 2,800 militant attacks since January have killed or wounded about 300 people, while the U.N. has documented more than 1,100 civilian deaths and injuries from cross-border violence in Afghanistan this year.
Kabul had not immediately responded to Dar’s remarks.
Pakistan urged Afghanistan’s Taliban government to stop militants from using Afghan territory to launch attacks inside Pakistan.
Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said he had warned Afghanistan’s prime minister about the threat during a visit to Kabul in July 2025.
Pakistan says more than 2,800 militant attacks since January have killed or wounded about 300 people.
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has repeatedly denied providing a safe haven for militants targeting Pakistan.
The United Nations Mission in Afghanistan said it documented more than 1,100 civilian deaths and injuries from cross-border violence in Afghanistan this year.
- Who
- Pakistan, represented by Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, urged Afghanistan’s Taliban government to act.
- What
- Pakistan called for action against militants it says launch attacks from Afghan territory.
- When
- Monday, October 12, 2026.
- Where
- The appeal was made at a think tank event in Pakistan; Dar also referred to a warning delivered in Kabul in July 2025.
- Why
- Pakistan says militants operating from Afghan territory are attacking people and security forces inside Pakistan.
Pakistan
Afghanistan’s Taliban government
Militant activity
Pakistan
Pakistan says militants use Afghan territory to plan and launch attacks inside Pakistan.
Afghanistan’s Taliban government
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has repeatedly denied providing a safe haven for militants targeting Pakistan.
Responsibility
Pakistan
Dar says Kabul has not taken appropriate action against militant groups operating from its territory.
Afghanistan’s Taliban government
The Taliban government rejects the claim that it provides militants with a safe haven.
Dar said he warned Afghan Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund during a visit to Kabul.
Pakistan says more than 2,800 militant attacks have killed or wounded about 300 people.
The U.N. Mission in Afghanistan said it had documented more than 1,100 civilian deaths and injuries from cross-border violence in Afghanistan this year.
Dar urged Afghanistan’s Taliban government to stop militants from using Afghan territory to attack Pakistan.
- Border fence
- Nearly 95% complete; more than 2,600 kilometers long
- Reported militant attacks
- More than 2,800 since January
- Reported deaths and injuries in Pakistan
- About 300
- U.N.-documented civilian deaths and injuries in Afghanistan
- More than 1,100 this year
- Taliban prime minister Dar said he warned
- Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund
What people are saying
Good neighborly relations are a two-way responsibility
They cannot mean silently absorbing one attack after another.
Attacks inside Pakistan are planned, directed and launched from across the border.
Sources
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