Pakistan Summons Afghan Chargé d'Affaires — Issues Strong Demarche Over Bannu TTP Attack

May 11, 2026 (Day 75 of Operation Ghazab lil-Haq): Pakistan summoned the Afghan Chargé d'Affaires in Islamabad and issued a strong demarche to the Afghan Taliban government over the May 10 Bannu VBIED and drone attack that killed 15+ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police officers. Pakistan's Foreign Office conveyed that technical intelligence and investigation had confirmed 'the attack was masterminded by terrorists residing in Afghanistan.' Pakistan warned it 'reserved the right to respond decisively' against those responsible and their facilitators. The demarche reiterated Pakistan's core demand that the Taliban stop providing sanctuary to Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and affiliated groups operating from Afghan soil. The summoning of the Afghan Chargé follows a pattern Pakistan has used throughout the 2026 conflict: formal diplomatic protests via Islamabad's Afghan mission after major TTP attacks traced to North Waziristan-area sanctuaries bordering Afghanistan. The Fateh Khel checkpost attack involved the Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan alliance and Hafiz Gul Bahadar group — both of which operate from North Waziristan and maintain command links inside Afghanistan. The Taliban has not responded to Pakistan's demarche or commented on the Bannu attack. The Afghanistan Foreign Ministry typically denies TTP presence on Afghan soil in response to such demarches. The incident deepens the diplomatic impasse at the heart of the 2026 Af-Pak war: Pakistan demands verifiable Taliban action on TTP; the Taliban publicly denies TTP resides in Afghanistan; neither position allows for a face-saving resolution. As of Day 75, the inter-state non-escalation framework brokered at the Urumqi talks (early April) remains nominally intact — Pakistan has not resumed large-scale air strikes against Afghan Taliban targets — but TTP's continued attacks on Pakistani security forces from Afghan-based sanctuaries test the framework's durability. No Urumqi Round 2 date has been announced, and China has maintained public silence since the May 5 Dangam civilian strike.