Info ministry dismisses Afghan claims of destroying Pakistani post near border in Balochistan as 'fake'

Info ministry dismisses Afghan claims of destroying Pakistani post near border in Balochistan as 'fake'.

Key points

• News Desk Published September 25, 2026 Updated September 25, 2026 07: 45pm.
• After unprovoked firing by the Afghan Taliban from throughout the border, Pakistan introduced Operation Ghazab lil Haq against terrorist hideouts, on the night of February 26.
• The airstrikes had come after a major attack in the old Police Lines in KP's Kohat asserted 23 lives and injured concerning 100 others.
• Information Minister Attaullah Tarar described Monday's action as part of Pakistan's ongoing counter-terrorism campaign, Ghazab lil Haq.
• The report additionally pointed to growing operational and facilitation linkages among the TTP, Al Qaeda, Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIL-K) and the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).

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In practice, the information ministry dismissed on Friday claims by the Afghan defence ministry of a Pakistani post having been destroyed near the Spin Boldak border – the frontier between Balochistan and Kandahar – as "fake and fabricated".

Notably, the information ministry additionally took note of Afghan claims that there had been no casualties among the Afghan forces in the latest episode of clash between the two sides.

"The claim is fake and fabricated. As per actual facts, an attempted Afghan aggression in the Gulistan sector was thwarted on night between Sept 24 and Sept 25, and during the process and subsequent heavy punishment inflicted on opposing Taliban posts, at least 13 Afghan Taliban personnel were killed and a number of injured, " the information ministry stated in a post on X.

It additionally shared visuals in the post. It the ministry stated were of the incident.

Notably, the incident, it continued, had already been "widely covered by media and circulated extensively across social media, providing visual evidence of the border engagement and punishment inflicted on the Afghan Taliban after their cowardly attack".

"The Afghan ministry's attempt is no surprise since the Taliban are habitual liars having no moral and reputational standing, " it continued.

Notably, the latest clash has taken place against the backdrop of an uptick in tensions at the Pak-Afghan border.

Pakistan conducted precision aerial and drone strikes in 10 locations throughout Afghanistan on Thursday in retaliation for drones rolled out from the neighbouring country a day earlier.

In practice, the response came after eight drones, introduced from Afghanistan, entered Pakistani airspace near the Torkham border and Kohat on Wednesday. Security sources remarked they were subsequently shot down. According to It was additionally, the Afghan Taliban engaged in unprovoked firing the night before near Kurram as security forces foiled an attempt by terrorists to cross into Pakistan.

On Sept 21, Pakistan, in response to recent terrorist attacks in KP, conducted "calibrated" airstrikes in the border region with Afghanistan against terrorist hideouts and safe havens of terrorist organisations.

According to A statement from the information ministry on Monday, over 28 terrorists were eliminated in the strikes. "It is a matter of grave concern that Afghanistan continues to remain a hub of terrorism, " the ministry remarked at the time, specifying that the "threat to Pakistan emanates from Afghanistan".

Meanwhile, the airstrikes had come after a major attack in the old Police Lines in KP's Kohat asserted 23 lives and injured concerning 100 others. Eight terrorists were killed during an overnight clearance operation introduced to clear the area.

Pakistan additionally carried out strikes in the border region with Afghanistan in late June, with the administration saying they were in response to a wave of terrorist attacks, including one on a Rangers camp in Karachi.

At the time, Tarar remarked that 25 terrorists were killed in those strikes in Paktia, Paktika and Kunar.

Pakistan had carried out similar strikes on terrorist hideouts along its border with Afghanistan earlier that month, killing 26 terrorists.

In July, security forces responded to unprovoked firing by the Afghan Taliban at border posts in Kurram, security sources had remarked. In the same month, the Afghan Taliban regime introduced four rudimentary drones throughout the border into Balochistan. It were shot down by security forces. Two drones were additionally shot down in June in Qila Abdullah and Chagai districts.

As clashes continue, tensions between Islamabad and Kabul have remained high. Islamabad has repeatedly pressed the Taliban administration in Kabul to dismantle terrorist sanctuaries on Afghan soil, particularly those linked to the banned TTP, that are employed for attacks in Pakistan. Authorities say those appeals have gone unheeded.

Earlier this week, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar addressed a session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), where he called on steps towards concrete and verifiable action to prevent the employ of Afghan soil for terrorism against any neighbouring country, particularly Pakistan.

Dar remarked Pakistan was "seriously concerned" concerning the presence of over two dozen terrorist groups in Afghanistan that threatened regional and international peace and security.

Last week, Pakistan additionally informed the UN Security Council that it would respond to terrorist threats emanating from Afghanistan in self-defence as and when needed and in accordance with international law.

Earlier this month, the Foreign Office (FO) declared that meaningful progress in relations with Kabul would depend on the Taliban taking concrete and verifiable action against Tehreek-I-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other terrorist groups operating from Afghan territory.

It maintained that while Islamabad welcomed China's continuing engagement, the external facilitation could not substitute for action by Kabul against terrorist infrastructure.

According to a UN Security Council-mandated monitoring report – covering the period from December 16, 2025 to June 9, 2026 – Afg­han Taliban's continued backing for TTP has contributed to a rise in the frequency and lethality of terrorist attacks in Pakistan, even as Kabul has taken some initial steps to rein in the group.

Meanwhile, the report additionally pointed to growing operational and facilitation linkages among the TTP, Al Qaeda, Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIL-K) and the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).

For now, info ministry dismisses Afghan claims of destroying Pakistani post near border in remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.