Pakistan has firmly rejected Kabul’s accusations of carrying out airstrikes inside Paktika, with DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry stating that Pakistan conducts only declared and precise counterterror operations and never targets civilians, reaffirming that Islamabad’s actions are directed strictly at eliminating terrorism and not harming the Afghan people.
Republic Policy — Website Briefing senior journalists, Lt Gen Chaudhry said there is no concept of good or bad Taliban, stressing that the Tehreek e Taliban Afghanistan and the banned Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan share the same ideological and operational foundations, and he urged the Taliban government to behave like a responsible state rather than a non state actor.
Republic Policy — YouTube He highlighted that non custom paid vehicles were increasingly used in recent terror attacks and called for an immediate nationwide ban, warning that Pakistan’s position is clear that blood and business cannot go together and that trade cannot coexist with terrorism.
Republic Policy — X/Twitter The DG ISPR said that Pakistan has carried out 4910 counterterror operations since November 4, averaging more than two hundred per day, while over three hundred thirty incidents of terrorism were reported in the same period, showing the scale of the challenge faced by security forces.
Republic Policy — Facebook He added that an anti state social media campaign was being run by a political party from accounts outside Pakistan, and on the matter of former ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed he said the case was before the courts and urged against speculation until legal proceedings conclude.
