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Posted on 03/10/2026 4:47:33 AM PDT by Cronos
Pakistan told the United Nations on Monday it would take all measures required to protect its citizens from militant attacks emanating from Afghanistan as tensions between the neighboring countries intensify, with Islamabad accusing Kabul of harboring armed groups and the Afghan Taliban denying the allegation.
Pakistan’s UN ambassador, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, laid out Islamabad’s position during a debate at the UN Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan, warning that cross-border militancy posed a serious threat to regional security.
The remarks came after clashes between Pakistani and Afghan forces erupted last month when Afghan forces attacked Pakistani military positions along their shared border in retaliation for earlier Pakistani airstrikes that Islamabad said targeted militant camps inside Afghanistan.
“Pakistan will take all necessary defensive measures for the protection of its citizens, territory and sovereignty,” Ahmad told the council. “Our counterterrorism operations will continue for as long as it takes to degrade the combat capabilities of terrorist groups and support infrastructure.”
Ahmad said Afghanistan had become “a sanctuary” for militant groups including the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Baloch Liberation
Army and its Majeed Brigade, Daesh, Al-Qaeda and the East Turkestan Islamic Movement.
He warned that militancy emanating from Afghanistan was destabilizing the region and could threaten wider international security if left unchecked.
Ahmad told the council that Pakistan had witnessed a surge in attacks since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, saying thousands of Pakistanis had been killed in militant violence over the years and that more than 175 people had died in attacks last month alone, including three suicide bombings.
He also accused elements within the Taliban administration of complicity with militant networks and said Pakistan had seized sophisticated military equipment left behind by foreign forces in Afghanistan during its counter-terrorism operations.
While the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has reported civilian casualties in cross-border fighting, the Pakistani diplomat questioned the mission’s ability to independently verify such incidents.
He said UNAMA’s capacity to accurately assess border clashes and civilian casualty reports was limited because access to areas outside Kabul remained tightly controlled by the Taliban.
Ahmad also criticized Taliban governance inside Afghanistan, saying restrictions on women and girls and worsening economic conditions were harming the Afghan population.
Despite the tensions, he said Pakistan had repeatedly pursued diplomatic engagement with Kabul and had supported regional mediation efforts involving Qatar, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia.
“As an immediate neighbor bound by geography, with deep-rooted ties, cultural linkages and fraternal bonds, no country desires peace and stability in Afghanistan more than Pakistan,” he said, adding it had also suffered from the consequences of decades of conflict and instability in Afghanistan more than any other state.
“Pakistan’s demand from Afghanistan has always been singular and clear: verifiable and non-reversible action against terrorists,” he added.
“This demand remains unmet to date.”
During the council meeting, Pakistan’s envoy also exchanged sharp remarks with representatives of Afghanistan and India, accusing Kabul of ignoring cross-border militant attacks and alleging that New Delhi had supported groups targeting Pakistan from Afghan territory.
India has rejected similar accusations in the past.
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Watch Trump make a deal with Pakistan to get Bagram Airfield back. It’s only about 300 miles from the Pakistan border.
May both sides lose.
Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021
I recently watched all of Homeland which ended before the 2021 abandiment.
I think i have only watched the pilot of the homeland series.
anything interesting in it?
February 13, 2026 (UNHCR)
So far this year, nearly 150,000 Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan. These arrivals come on top of already unprecedented returns – 2.9 million people in 2025, bringing the total to some 5.4 million since October 2023.
Pakistan launched a sweeping crackdown in Oct. 2023 to expel migrants without documents, urging those in the country to leave of their own accord to avoid arrest and forcible deportation and forcibly expelling others. Iran also began a crackdown on migrants at around the same time.
In November (2025), the U.N. development program said nine out of 10 families in areas of Afghanistan with high rates of return were resorting to what are known as negative coping mechanisms — either skipping meals, falling into debt or selling their belongings to survive.
“We are deeply concerned about the sustainability of these returns,” Jamal said, noting that while 5% of those who return say they will leave Afghanistan again, more than 10% say they know of someone who has already left.
Is there any way we could go around the world and incite the various Muslim countries to go to war with each other while we sat back and watched them wipe each other out? It’s a win/win. Muslims get to do what they do, kill people and we get rid of a cancer on the world without really being actively involved.
You start that with an independent Kurdistan.
“May both sides lose.”
I hope this doesn’t interfere with their inbreeding.
Just make sure NONE of them travel to the United States.
Absolute travel ban into the USA from all countries of South Asia.
Pakistan harbored the Taliban fighters for the entire time they were fighting and being defeated in Afghanistan. No better than Lebanon protecting the Hezzies.
No sympathy.
Trump has been on record that he wanted a total withdrawal but with conditions including the removal of equipment and safe exit of American’s and Afghans who helped us.
I agree with you. However, his generals convinced him to keep a minimal force there.
He changed his mind.
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