Pakistan Rejects Taliban Claim It Cannot Fuel Regional Insecurity, Denies Arming Afghan Fighters

On October 24, 2026, Pakistan's Information Ministry rejected the Afghan Taliban's claim that Kabul lacks the capability to fuel insecurity in other countries, calling it diversionary and citing a UN Security Council monitoring team report and a US Congress report. Islamabad demanded verifiable action against the TTP and BLA and denied reports, raised by former US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, that it is arming or recruiting Afghan fighters against the Taliban. Pakistani authorities say more than 2,800 militant attacks since January have killed about 3,000 people. These are official statements; the underlying allegations remain unverified.