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Islamabad claims three terrorists killed at Pakistan-Afghanistan border
Last week, Pakistan’s foreign ministry summoned the head of the Afghan embassy in the country after a militant attack on a military facility in Bannu, which Islamabad claims was carried out by Afghans.
Pakistani forces detected the movement of three terrorists attempting to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Dir district on Sunday night, Pakistan military’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said.
According to a statement issued by ISPR, the alleged terrorists were surrounded and an intense gun fight ensued.
“All three terrorists were sent to hell,” the ISPR stated on Monday.
Pakistan has consistently urged the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) government to ensure militant groups do not launch attacks against Pakistan from Afghanistan.
The IEA has however repeatedly said this will not happen.
“Security forces of Pakistan are determined and remain committed to securing our borders and eliminating the menace of terrorism from the country,” the ISPR statement added.
Last week, Pakistan’s foreign ministry summoned the head of the Afghan embassy in the country after a militant attack on a military facility in Bannu, which Islamabad claims was carried out by Afghans.
Following this meeting, Pakistan accused the IEA of knowing the whereabouts of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other militant groups in the country and called on Kabul to take immediate and “concrete action against them”.
“Pakistan has been engaged in several conversations with the Afghan authorities in the last several months, where we have been exchanging intelligence and information, concrete evidence of individuals and groups responsible for terror attacks inside Pakistan,” the Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch told reporters at a weekly briefing.
The IEA has also continued to deny the existence of TTP militants in Afghanistan.
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Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has announced that it will continue providing its essential health services to the people of Afghanistan.
In a post on X, the organization, referring to Afghanistan’s health needs, said that over the past year it has been active in various health sectors across the country, ranging from maternal and child care to emergency response, as well as the treatment of patients suffering from tuberculosis and severe injuries.
According to MSF, its teams over the past year have been present at a range of health facilities, including neonatal intensive care units, operating theatres, surgical centers, and specialized tuberculosis treatment wards, where they have delivered life-saving services to patients.
The organization stressed that it will continue ensuring the provision of health services, particularly for needy families and vulnerable communities in remote areas of Afghanistan.
The Embassy of Afghanistan in Japan, currently run by diplomats of the previous government, has announced that it will suspend its operations in Tokyo after the end of January 2026.
In a statement issued on Friday, the embassy said the decision was made after consultations with Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in close coordination with Japanese authorities, and in accordance with the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
The embassy added that after January 31, all of its political, economic, cultural, and consular activities will be halted until further notice.
Currently, Shaida Abdali is serving as Afghanistan’s ambassador to Japan.
Sadin Ayyıldız, Chargé d’Affaires of the Turkish Embassy in Kabul, held a courtesy meeting with Zakir Jalali, the Second Political Deputy of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of the start of his mission.
The Turkish Embassy in Kabul said in a post that the meeting included mutual exchanges of views on bilateral relations.
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