Islamabad – On August 27, 2025, airstrikes and drone patrols in Khost and Nangarhar provinces in Afghanistan were reported, and in real time, the events resulted in a diplomatic firestorm, with Afghan officials promptly implicating Pakistan as the perpetrator.
Islamabad has strongly refuted the charges, citing the continuing existence of anti-Pakistan terror networks in the Afghan territory as the main source of the destabilization in the region.
On the morning after the attacks, it was confirmed that several civilian sites were attacked. In the village of Aspalgin in Khost, the residence of a local elder, Malik Naeem, was targeted, resulting in the deaths of two children and the injury of a man and a woman.
Two distinct sites were targeted in the Shinwar district of Nangarhar, where a missile struck the home of a local woman by the name Shahsawar, injuring a child and a woman. Following the attack, the Afghan authorities were eager to blame Pakistan and claim that the neighbouring country had been involved in the attacks.
Presence of Terrorists
According to reports, on the same night of the attacks, there was a jirga in Khost. This gathering was organized by local Afghan officials, in which, reportedly, leaders of the TTP group, Noor Wali Mehsud and Hafiz Gul Bahadur, were also present. Such disclosure, had it been substantiated, would have been a strong indicator that Afghanistan’s soil continues to be a safe haven to militants who organize and launch attacks against Pakistan.
The stance of Pakistan is firm: the Afghan government needs to start acting against these terror components rather than playing the blame game. The security agencies of Pakistan have time and again made strong arguments to the world community, citing facts such as the nationality of militants killed or arrested within Pakistan.
According to Pakistani officials and security agencies, even though the cross-border threat has long been a policy of tolerance and cooperation of theirs, the implication of such a threat that still exists still has a serious effect on the stability of the region. They have urged the international community, especially the United Nations and other human rights groups, to come in.
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