Zabihullah Mujahid said Kabul responded to Pakistani aggression; Islamabad denied the claim, calling it deflection from TTP sanctuaries inside Afghanistan.
Pakistan says it repelled an “unprovoked attack” on 11–12 Oct 2025, killing 200+ militants, seizing 21 positions and destroying training camps; Islamabad warns Kabul.
India’s outreach to the Taliban through Deoband diplomacy is seen as an attempt to recast the group’s ideological associations from Haqqania to Indian soil.
![Female journalists barred from Taliban press conference in New Delhi on orders from Amir Khan Muttaqi. [IC: WIONews]](https://htnworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_1017-1536x1057-1.webp)
![An Afghan man wearing a protective face mask walks past a wall painted with photo of Zalmay Khalilzad, US envoy for peace in Afghanistan, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the leader of the Taliban delegation, in Kabul, Afghanistan. [IC: REUTERS]](https://htnworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/delegation-khalilzad-painted-taliban-afghanistan-wearing-protective_680c7cc6-cf46-11ea-98f0-14dc794b6a99.webp)
![Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi receives a warm welcome at Darul Uloom Deoband, India’s historic Islamic seminary, October 11, 2025]. [Courtesy: @MJalalAf/X].](https://htnworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/G2-ye83WQAAtaqI.webp)
