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Gunmen kill high-ranking Taliban official in Afghanistan in rare targeted attack

July 28, 2026 Current News Articles

By ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN

Associated Press

July 28, 2026

KABUL, Afghanistan — Gunmen killed a high-ranking local Taliban official in Afghanistan’s northwestern province of Badakhshan on Tuesday in a rare targeted killing in the country.

Two gunmen shot Zabihullah Amiri, Badakhshan’s director of information and culture, as he headed from a local district to the provincial capital Faizabad, the Information Ministry said in a statement.

“Immediately following the incident, security guards opened fire on the attackers; one attacker was killed and the second was captured,” the ministry said, adding that authorities were investigating the killing.

Targeted killings of high-ranking Taliban officials have been rare since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021 in the wake of the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces.

In December 2024, the country’s refugee minister, Khalil Haqqani, was killed in a suicide bombing in the capital Kabul. Haqqani was the uncle of Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who leads a powerful network within the Taliban.

In June 2023, a car bomb in Faizabad killed Badakhshan’s deputy governor, Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, as well as his driver. A regional affiliate of the Islamic State group, known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, claimed responsibility for the attack, as well as a suicide bombing that struck a memorial service for the deputy governor days later, killing at least 13 people.

In March 2023, the governor of the northern province of Balkh was killed in a bomb attack on the governor’s office.

Months of fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan have killed nearly 500 Afghan civilians, UN says

July 28, 2026 Current News Articles

By ELENA BECATOROS

July 28, 2026

Cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan has killed nearly 500 civilians in Afghanistan and wounded over 1,000 others between October and the end of June, the United Nations said Tuesday.

In a report on the human rights situation, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said it had documented 499 civilians killed and 1,216 wounded by the fighting between the neighbors that has defied international peace efforts.

In one case, the report said, civilians trying to rescue others from the rubble of an airstrike were hit by a second one.

The report also explores other human rights issues, including a deadly crackdown on protests in western Afghanistan over restrictions on women’s clothing, and decrees that essentially legalize child marriage.

Pakistan accuses Afghanistan of harboring militants

Pakistan and Afghanistan have been fighting on and off for months. Tension escalated significantly in February, when Afghan forces launched a raid into Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes inside Afghanistan, and Islamabad declared it was in “ open war.”

Pakistan accuses Afghanistan of harboring militants who carry out deadly attacks that have killed thousands over the years in Pakistan, especially the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. The group is allied with the Afghan Taliban, which has ruled Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021 amid the chaotic withdrawal of U.S.-led troops. Kabul denies the allegation.

In the deadliest attack of the fighting, a Pakistani airstrike hit a drug treatment center in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in March, killing hundreds of civilians. Rights group Amnesty International said last week the bombing should be investigated as a possible war crime.

Pakistan has not given an overall figure for civilian casualties caused by the cross-border fighting in its territory. The U.N. mission, known by its acronym UNAMA, noted it is only mandated to monitor incidents in Afghanistan.

In a written response to UNAMA’s report, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said Afghanistan’s Taliban government “continues to maintain a permissive environment for a range of (militant) organizations.”

The response did not mention Afghan civilian casualties but said Pakistan’s military strikes “were directed exclusively at identified terrorist hideouts, sanctuaries, and support infrastructure linked to groups responsible for attacks inside Pakistan.”

The hundreds of civilian casualties listed by UNAMA include 22 — five of them children — who were killed in two successive airstrikes on a residential building in the eastern province of Paktia on June 28. At least 185 others were wounded.

Most of the deaths and injuries were caused by the second strike, when locals were trying to rescue the victims of the first one.

“International humanitarian law provides special protections for medical personnel and humanitarian workers, including first responders. Attacks against them while performing their duties are strictly prohibited,” said Fiona Frazer, director of human rights at UNAMA.

Afghan women still face harsh restrictions

UNAMA’s report also highlighted problems faced by women, who are subject to draconian restrictions by Afghanistan’s Taliban government. They include a ban on education beyond primary school, a strict dress code, bans on working in nearly all professions and a requirement to be accompanied by a male relative when outside the home.

The report detailed a crackdown in the western city of Herat in June, where at least 30 women were arrested on allegations of dress code violations. At least one person was killed and several others were injured when authorities opened fire during a rare protest against the detentions.

Rules governing women’s clothing stipulate they can only go out in public when wearing full hijab — which includes a headscarf and robe covering the entire body — as well as a face covering that leaves only the eyes visible. The regulations are policed by the feared Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.

However, interpretations of the rules and what constitutes wearing the hijab correctly vary and can be arbitrarily enforced.

The UNAMA report said Vice and Virtue officials visited health clinics and shops in various parts of the country to advise them to refuse entry to women not accompanied by a male relative.

The report also said new rules on separation in marriage “ implicitly sanction child marriage ” by allowing for marriage contracts to be arranged for minors.

‘I disguised myself as a boy so I could go to school’

July 28, 2026 Current News Articles

Louise Parry

BBC News

24 July 2026

Tom Williams/BBC A woman with long dark brown hair wearing a blue jacket, a white scarf and a white top. She is standing on a grass sports field. — *Zahra Joya fled to the UK in 2021 and is now a bye-fellow at Cambridge University*

Zahra Joya was only five years old when a huge door closed to her – and to all girls in her home country of Afghanistan. The Taliban had seized power in 1996 and banned females from attending school. But with her father out of the country, Zahra’s mother came up with a daring workaround: presenting her daughter as a little boy.

“It was my mother’s idea to give me this chance, but I was passionate about learning. I always said, ‘I need to go to school, I need to play outside with boys’. I had the chance to become a self-made boy,” recalls Zahra, who now lives in the UK and is a bye-fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Hughes Hall.

She fled Afghanistan in 2021 after the Taliban regained control, and now runs a news agency that highlights the oppression of women.

Zahra, 33, says her passion for female equality is firmly rooted in the childhood days she spent playing the role of a boy called Mohammed: an experience that “shifted the course of my life”.

supplied Zahra's wider family inside a house, wearing traditional Afghan clothes. She squats at the front, with dark hair and a fringe, next to her young brother who has cropped hair. Five other young children stand behind her – the girls in green and pink smocks over white trousers. Her mother is at the back wearing a red headscarf. — *Zahra, front left, dressed in boys’ clothes so she could attend school*

As a child living in a remote mountain village, Zahra swapped her headscarf for a button-up shirt and woollen blazer and made a two-hour walk to school.

The distance from her home meant people at school did not know her true identity, but she was still “very nervous” about being discovered.

“My hair was very, very long, and in my village boys didn’t have long hair. When I first met the headmaster, he asked me to cut my hair short,” she says.

One of her relatives helped by teaching her how to play football and go into the mountains –”things boys would do, not girls”.

“Other girls were playing dolls but I never had a doll,” she says.

Zahra Joya A close-up, slightly blurry shot of Zahra dressed as a boy. She has thick black chin-length hair with a heavy fringe, and wears aviator style sunglasses. She has a white shirt and a blue waistcoat.

Zahra’s longer hair nearly gave her away

‘Act of bravery’

Only later did it dawn on Zahra what a risk her family had taken.

“My mum and grandad were very concerned about if people found out I was a girl, not a boy.

“I really didn’t understand the risk. It was an act of bravery from my family, and by me.

“I’m grateful to everyone who knew about me but respected and accepted me as someone who was passionate about education.”

The risk had been weighed up against another threat.

“The Taliban wanted to get married with young girls in my village,” Zahra says.

“[My family was] afraid they would come to our house and force us to get married with them.

“From that perspective, I was a little safer than other girls in my village.”

Supplied Zahra as an older girl wearing a headscarf and other flowing clothes, dancing along stones in a river. There are trees on both sides and the sun is shining through. — *Growing up, Zahra loved the freedom she had while acting as a boy*

At home, her family still called her Zahra, but she wanted to keep the privileges afforded to boys in a culture where girls rarely left their homes.

“It gave me the chance to be in the circle of male power,” she says.

“It was the man’s responsibility to turn on the TV. I had the opportunity to run the house, to serve and welcome guests.”

Even when girls were finally allowed to go to school again, after Western forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001, Zahra did not fully reverse her role .

“I had to change my clothes for school as my grandfather insisted. I dressed in my uniform, but when I returned home I put on my boy’s clothes.

“The whole family asked why, and I said, ‘I love it, it’s my world’.”

Amie Ferris-Rotman A slightly blurry image showing Zahra holding out a recording device or smartphone towards a man who is smartly dressed in clerical clothing, with a black jacket and white turban. He is gesticulating with his hand. She is wearing a blue and white polka dot headscarf. — *Zahra, who trained as a lawyer and journalist, interviewing a Taliban official in Moscow*

Zahra says going to school “really changed my life”.

“It helped me understand what it means to be a girl in a difficult position.”

She says masquerading as Mohammed taught her as much as any formal studies.

“It helped me to understand culturally about this society – that Afghanistan is deeply misogynistic and conservative about women,” she explains.

“This understanding really pushed me to fight for equality and human rights. I became a feminist.

“I realise now it was never just about going to school; it was about preserving my identity and dignity and my right to exist.

“I didn’t fully understand at the time, but that experience shifted the course of my life.”

Zahra Joya Zahra sits on a wooden and black metal bench on a cobbled street by the River Thames. Tower Bridge is in the background. She turns and smiles at the camera. She wears a pink headscarf and a black pinstriped coat, and black sandals. — *Zahra and her family are now in London but she continues to cover stories from Afghanistan*

Millions of girls joined Zahra in receiving an education when the Taliban were ousted from government.

But in 2021, Western forces withdrew from the country and the fundamentalist group quickly regained control.

“The day the Taliban returned to power, things collapsed in our lives,” Zahra says.

“It was about the collapse of freedom of women, of hopes for the future.”

In her book, The Vanishing Girl of Kabul, Zahra recounts the palpable fear she felt as the Taliban took one city after another.

“It was the most difficult moment of my life, [making] a decision in a minute to leave behind everything that we built – even my parents, not knowing if I would see them again.

“Thanks to God, the UK government gave us this chance to be safe, but I still feel like fleeing the country is not a solution. Freedom has a cost.”

She is now rebuilding her life in the UK with her parents and siblings, and hopes to “find a sense of home”.

“It is really heartbreaking that history is repeating around us.”

Girls over the age of 12 have been barred from attending school since the Taliban returned to power.

Zahra says: “I’m sure women and girls are still trying to change their identity – but it’s not a solution.”

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UN Warns Funding Shortfall Threatens Nutrition Support for 5.7 Million in Afghanistan

July 27, 2026 Current News Articles

By Fidel Rahmati

Khaama Press

July 26, 2026

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that a funding shortfall in 2026 is threatening nutrition programmes that support 5.7 million children and mothers across Afghanistan.

OCHA said on Sunday that millions of vulnerable Afghans could lose access to essential health and nutrition services unless humanitarian organisations receive urgent funding. The agency warned that financial constraints are already reducing the capacity of humanitarian partners to respond to growing needs, particularly among children and mothers at risk of malnutrition.

The warning comes as Afghanistan continues to face one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, driven by widespread poverty, food insecurity, weak public services and limited access to healthcare. Years of conflict, economic disruption and restrictions on humanitarian and development activities have left millions of Afghans dependent on international assistance.

Children remain particularly vulnerable. Poor access to nutritious food, clean water, healthcare and sanitation has increased the risk of acute malnutrition, while families struggling with poverty often face difficult choices between buying food and meeting other essential needs.

Women and children are also among the groups most affected by Afghanistan’s broader humanitarian challenges. Restrictions on women’s participation in public life and employment have limited household incomes and complicated the delivery of some humanitarian and health services.

OCHA has previously warned that Afghanistan’s nutrition situation remains concerning, with malnutrition increasing in several parts of the country. Humanitarian organisations have repeatedly called for sustained funding to maintain programmes that provide treatment for malnourished children, maternal nutrition support and essential health services.

The UN agency’s latest warning highlights the potential consequences of declining international humanitarian funding at a time when needs remain extremely high. Funding shortages could force aid agencies to reduce the scale or coverage of nutrition programmes, potentially leaving vulnerable communities without timely assistance.

The situation is particularly concerning in remote and underserved areas, where access to healthcare and humanitarian services is already limited. For families living in poverty, the loss of nutrition programmes could increase the risk of preventable illness and death among children and mothers.

Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis has persisted despite a reduction in large-scale armed conflict since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. The country’s economy remains fragile, unemployment and poverty are widespread, and millions continue to struggle to meet basic needs.

International humanitarian agencies have warned that humanitarian assistance remains critical to preventing further deterioration, while stressing that long-term improvements will also require stronger public services, economic opportunities and sustainable development.

Afghans in Mazar-i-Sharif report Iranian visa black market charging up to $1,700

July 27, 2026 Current News Articles

By Fidel Rahmati

Khaama Press

July 27, 2026

Afghan residents in Mazar-i-Sharif say intermediaries are demanding hundreds or thousands of dollars to arrange Iranian visas despite an announcement that visas for Afghan pilgrims travelling for Arbaeen would be issued free of charge under specified conditions, according to reports.

Residents in Mazar-i-Sharif reported that some intermediaries were offering to arrange Iranian Arbaeen visas for between $1,000 and $1,700. Some residents said they had been approached by intermediaries demanding large sums to secure visas, while an investigation found indications of an informal market for Iranian visas.

According to the report, some companies said intermediaries charged at least $500 per applicant to arrange an Iranian visa. The amount could rise depending on the applicant’s circumstances, the number of family members and the type of application, with some applicants allegedly asked to pay significantly higher amounts.

Several residents claimed that obtaining Iranian visas remained difficult despite the official policy. They said the gap between the announced free visa arrangements and their experience had created opportunities for intermediaries to exploit applicants.

Some residents also cited economic hardship, unemployment and limited job opportunities as reasons for seeking to travel to Iran, particularly to find work and support their families.

Iran’s Embassy in Kabul has previously announced that Arbaeen pilgrimage visas for Afghan nationals would be issued free of charge under specified conditions. Some residents, however, stated to the media that the announced policy did not always match their experience when they sought to obtain visas.

Relevant officials in Mazar-i-Sharif have not yet commented on the allegations.

Khaama Press could not independently verify the allegations, including the reported payments, the identities of the intermediaries or the claims made by others. The available information also does not establish any involvement by Iranian diplomatic or consular authorities in the alleged payments.

The reported allegations highlight concerns over the transparency and accessibility of the visa process for Afghan applicants. They also show how difficulties in obtaining travel documents can leave applicants vulnerable to intermediaries who promise to secure visas in exchange for large sums of money.

Kabul Water Crisis Deepens, Raising Health, Livelihood Concerns

July 27, 2026 Current News Articles

Bibi Amina Hakimi

TOLOnews’ Reporter

27 July 2026

In many neighborhoods across Kabul, families wait for hours for water tankers to arrive, while others are forced to buy water at high prices.

Kabul’s water shortage is worsening, leaving millions of residents struggling with limited access to drinking water, rising water costs, and growing concerns over the future of the city’s water resources.

The capital, which relies largely on groundwater for its drinking water supply, has in recent years experienced a sharp decline in groundwater levels, the drying up of hundreds of wells, and contamination of a significant portion of its water sources.

Abdul Hamid, a Kabul resident, said: “Water used to be found at depths of 10 to 20 meters. Now it has dropped to around 80, 100, and even 120 meters. People are facing serious difficulties, and the water is also polluted.”

Shah Zaman Farooqi, another Kabul resident, said: “We ask people to be mindful of their water consumption and avoid wasting water.”

In many neighborhoods across Kabul, families wait for hours for water tankers to arrive, while others are forced to buy water at high prices.

The rising cost of water has turned the shortage from an environmental challenge into a livelihood crisis, particularly for low-income families.

Ramesh, a Kabul resident, said: “People are facing water shortages and cannot afford to buy water. Someone who earns 100 afghanis a day cannot afford to purchase it.”

Naser Ahmad, another resident, said: “As the water shortage worsens, people are increasingly forced to buy water. The difficulties people face are growing.”

Experts attribute the crisis to rapid population growth, climate change, prolonged drought, excessive groundwater extraction, and weak water resource management.

Sayed Mohammad Sulaimankhail, an environmental expert, said: “In the short term, water needs to be transferred from other provinces to areas facing severe shortages.”

Meanwhile, projects aimed at improving water resource management and strengthening resilience to climate change are underway. The Kabul Water Supply Company says it has short-, medium-, and long-term plans to address the crisis.

Shafiullah Zahedi, head of the Kabul Water Supply and Sewerage Zone, said: “Our long-term projects include the Panjshir water project, the Shah wa Aroos Dam, and the Shah Toot Dam. Survey and design work for the Panjshir project is currently underway, funding has been allocated, and six government agencies are carrying out the initial stages.”

Kabul’s water shortage is no longer just an environmental issue. It has become a challenge for public health, the urban economy, and the human security of millions of residents—a crisis that requires long-term planning, effective management, and cooperation between domestic institutions and the international community.

Islamic Emirate Spokesman Dismisses Badakhshan Clashes as ‘Propaganda’

July 27, 2026 Current News Articles

Hadia Ziaei

Tolo News

27 July 2026

Mujahid also said no malicious elements would be allowed to carry out activities, adding that the Afghan people support the country’s political system.

Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for Afghanistan’s Islamic Emirate, described the recent clashes in Badakhshan as “propaganda” at the opening of the “Government in the Mirror of the Press” program.

Mujahid also said no malicious elements would be allowed to carry out activities, adding that the Afghan people support the country’s political system.

Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, said: “No malicious agenda will be given the opportunity to operate. Such is the determination of the government and the security forces. Whenever people become aware of suspicious activities, they report them to the relevant authorities.”

Meanwhile, the Islamic Emirate’s Minister of Information and Culture said opponents of the government have no clear objective for fighting and are engaged in violence without a defined purpose.

Khairullah Khairkhwa, Minister of Information and Culture, said: “Who is fighting this war? Who is physically involved in it? These are important questions. Who finances those who fight? Who provides them with shelter? What are their objectives?”

Sheikh Noor-ul-Haq Anwar, Director General of the Administrative Office of the Prime Minister, said: “As Mr. Mujahid pointed out, we have enemies who cannot tolerate the progress and development that Afghans are striving to achieve.”

Elsewhere, Abdul Latif Nazari, Deputy Minister of Economy, stressed that Afghanistan is a secure country in the region, saying the country’s enemies cannot tolerate its freedom, stability, and economic growth.

Nazari said: “No country in the Middle East is completely secure, and conflict continues in the Caucasus. Afghanistan is the only island of security. That is why our enemies cannot tolerate this freedom, this stability, and this progress.”

At the same event, Abdul Wasi Khadem, Director General of the Office of the Prime Minister, described the role of the media as valuable and stressed that the government’s achievements should be reflected accurately.

Abdul Wasi Khadem, Director General of the Office of the Prime Minister, said: “The Islamic Emirate is working to ensure the media has timely access to accurate and reliable information.”

According to officials, the “Government in the Mirror of the Press” program is intended to provide the public and the media with accurate information on the activities, services, and key achievements of government institutions. The program is scheduled to begin on Tuesday with presentations on the accomplishments of various government agencies.

Opposition Lacks Will & Ability To Fight, Says Taliban Culture Minister

July 27, 2026 Current News Articles

Afghanistan International

27 July 2026

The Taliban’s information and culture minister, Sher Ahmad Haqqani, discussed the group’s recent clashes with opposition forces in Badakhshan during a meeting with media officials in Kabul.

Referring to recent developments in Badakhshan, Haqqani said every war should be examined from five perspectives.

He said it was first necessary to identify the attackers and their financiers, determine who was providing them with shelter, establish their objectives and assess how much local support they had in the areas where they were fighting.

The Taliban’s information and culture minister said an examination of these factors showed that “in reality, nothing has happened”.

Haqqani claimed the Taliban administration could prove to the public, “even to opponents and foreigners”, that conditions in Afghanistan were better than before and that “the people are happy and satisfied”.

Speaking on Monday, 27 July, following opposition attacks in Badakhshan, Haqqani described the situation in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan as good and unprecedented.

He also claimed that the public was cooperating with the Taliban administration.

In his speech, Haqqani referred to Taliban opponents as “murderers, highway robbers and oppressors” and claimed they had no public support.

His remarks come as political and military groups opposed to the Taliban have carried out offensive operations in north-eastern Afghanistan, particularly in Badakhshan, in recent days.

The attacks began last week when the newly formed Sepah-e Mihan Front briefly seized Yaftal district for several hours.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front has also continued attacks against Taliban forces in Zebak district of Badakhshan.

The front says it has carried out continuous attacks over the past four days and destroyed two Taliban drones.

On Sunday, the Afghanistan Freedom Front claimed that its forces had advanced five kilometres towards the centre of Zebak district and captured two more Taliban posts.

Bipartisan Plan to Extend Temporary Protected Status for Afghans in the US

July 25, 2026 Current News Articles

Bibi Amina Hakimi

TOLOnews’ Reporter

25 July 2026

if passed, the bill would prevent eligible Afghans from being deported and allow them to continue living and working in the United States.

A group of Democratic and Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives has introduced bipartisan legislation to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghan nationals.

if passed, the bill would prevent eligible Afghans from being deported and allow them to continue living and working in the United States.

Under the proposed legislation, eligible Afghan nationals currently residing in the U.S. would remain protected from deportation and retain work authorization. The extension would remain in effect until July 1, 2029.

Rep. Jason Crow said:”This bill would extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghan nationals through July 2029. TPS allows foreign nationals fleeing violence, conflict, and instability to live and work in the United States.”

Meanwhile, The Washington Post has reported that some Afghan immigrants and human rights advocates in the United States have expressed concern over a federal government plan to interview about 800 Afghan immigrants.

According to the report, the interviews will include questions about applicants’ identities, their integration into American society, and the immigration status of their family members. The information collected could be retained for up to 15 years.

Mohammad Khan Talebi Mohammadzai, a migrant rights advocate, said:”Legally, such interviews are permitted under U.S. immigration law. However, they must be conducted in accordance with privacy protections, non-discrimination principles, proportional data collection, and safeguards for migrants’ legal rights.”

Some analysts also say that Afghans with pending immigration cases in the United States should not become entangled in political issues and that Washington should facilitate their relocation process.

Mohammad Aslam Danishmal, a university professor, said: “For Afghans waiting for U.S. visas in Qatar, Pakistan, or other countries in the region, the U.S. government should seriously address their cases. These issues should not be politicized.”

The development comes after the U.S. government previously suspended the processing of all green card (permanent residency) applications from nationals of 19 countries, including Afghanistan, whose entry into the United States has been restricted.

Pakistan Says Terrorism from Afghanistan Among Its Most Serious Security Challenges

July 25, 2026 Current News Articles

By Fidel Rahmati

Khaama Press

July 25, 2026

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar has described terrorism originating from Afghanistan as one of the country’s most serious security challenges, calling for stronger regional efforts to address the threat.

Dawn reported on Friday, July 24, that Dar made the remarks during a meeting of foreign ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Kyrgyzstan.

According to the report, Dar said lasting peace and stability in the region could not be achieved without addressing what he described as the threat of terrorism emanating from Afghanistan.

Dar alleged that militant groups continue to recruit, train and operate from Afghanistan territory under the “oversight and facilitation” of Taliban authorities. He also claimed that Afghan nationals have been involved in terrorist attacks in Pakistan, although he did not provide further details or evidence for the allegations in the reported remarks.

Pakistan has repeatedly accused the Taliban authorities of allowing anti-Pakistan militant groups to operate from Afghanistan territory. Islamabad has particularly raised concerns over the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which it blames for a series of attacks inside the country.

The Taliban authorities have consistently rejected allegations that they provide shelter or support to militant groups seeking to carry out attacks against Pakistan or other countries. Taliban officials have said Afghanistan’s territory will not be used to threaten any foreign state.

The issue remains a major source of tension between Kabul and Islamabad. Pakistan has repeatedly urged the Taliban authorities to take action against militants it says are based in Afghanistan, while the Taliban has denied the allegations and called for dialogue to resolve security concerns.

Dar’s remarks come as Pakistan continues to raise the issue of cross-border militancy at regional and international forums. Relations between the two neighbouring countries remain strained by security concerns, border tensions and disagreements over the status and movement of Afghan nationals in Pakistan.

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