Defence Minister of Pakistan Khawaja Asif on Monday said that currently there are no ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan of any sort in the fallout of Afghanistan’s unprovoked attack on the Pak-Afghan border on Saturday. There are no active hostilities following the ceasefire, but the environment remains tense and hostile.
“It’s a stalemate right now. You can say there are no active hostilities, but the environment is hostile,” Asif said in a local talk show.
“There are no ties, direct or indirect, as of today.”
“This is a natural thing. If you are attacked, you instantly have the right to react and target wherever the attack is originating from,” the defence minister explained.
“We did not target populated areas, we did not target civilians, we targeted their hideouts.”
“The world knows that there is a conglomerate of international terrorism in Afghanistan, where ISIS, Al Qaeda and the Taliban are active. They are all under Kabul’s umbrella,” he added.
“Who will believe Muttaqi? The Indians might, but they also know that these people are not controlled by anyone.”
When asked if Tehreek-i-Taliban chief Noor Wali Mehsud was in Afghan territory, Asif replied: “Those we targeted, we targeted in their territory. When I went two-and-a-half, three years ago, they said they would relocate these people. He wasn’t on the moon; he was in Afghanistan.”
افغانستان کیساتھ حالات نے جو کروٹ لی ھے اسکا پاکستان کو 50سال سے ھماری سرزمین پہ بیٹھے افغان مہاجرین کو وطن واپس جانا ھو گا۔
ھمیں اپنی معیشت کو انکے قبضے چھڑانا ھو گا۔ تنوروں سے لیکر ٹرانسپورٹ، ٹھیکیداری، ڈمپر مافیا، کنسٹرکشن وغیرہ یہ سارے شعبے ھماری معیشت کی ر یڑھ ھیں ۔
پاک…— Khawaja M. Asif (@KhawajaMAsif) October 12, 2025
“The offer was there. I think there needs to be honesty in diplomacy — it’s not there 100 per cent of the time, but if there is some, it would improve the matter and pave the way to resolution,” he added.
Pakistan claims 23 Pakistani troops were martyred and more than 200 Taliban-affiliated terrorists were killed in border clashes on Saturday night, following an attack from the Afghan side late on Saturday night on more than seven locations throughout the Pak-Afghan border.
اگر افغان سر زمین سے فتنہ خوارج پاک سرزمین میں آکر خون بہاۓ اور پاکستان کو اس خون کا حساب لینے کے لئے اگر افغان سرزمین میں داخل ھونا پڑے تو وہ ھمارا حق ھے۔ کابل اس سلسلہ میں ابتک کو ئ ضمانت نہیں دے سکا کہ انکی سرزمین ھمارے خلاف بھات نواز فتنہ استعمال نہیں کرے گا۔ ھماری مٹی کے…
— Khawaja M. Asif (@KhawajaMAsif) October 10, 2025
Inter Services Public Relations stated that overnight skirmishes between the two sides began on October 10 and 11th, after the Afghan Taliban, India-sponsored and India-sponsored Fitna-al-Khawarij, launched an unprovoked attack on Pakistan along the Pak-Afghan border.
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Fitna-al-Khawarij is a term that Pakistan uses for the terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, while Fitna-al-Hindustan is a term designated by the State for Terrorist Organizations operating in Balochistan.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
Clear message by the Defence Minister today and Pakistan strikes tonight Alhamdulillah. 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰 pic.twitter.com/5JhikABLmr— Ayab Ahmed (@Ayab_Ahmed) October 9, 2025
On the other hand, Afghanistan claims to have killed nearly 200 troops of Pakistan. The ISPR claims that, according to credible intelligence estimates and damage assessment, more than 200 Taliban and affiliated terrorists have been neutralized, while the number of injured is much higher. Afghanistan claims that it carried out a launched attack on Pakistan as a retaliatory measure in response to the alleged PAF strikes on Friday.
Islamabad, however, has not confirmed or denied the accusations made by Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Khawaja Asif, the Defence Minister of Pakistan, has been continuously releasing hostile statements against Afghanistan, openly calling it an enemy of Pakistan.
With Additional Input from GVS South Asia News Desk