{"id":1684,"date":"2026-02-27T06:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T06:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2026-02-27T07:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T07:52:40","slug":"pakistan-to-maintain-policy-unless-taliban-change-approach-talal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=1684","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan to Maintain Policy Unless Taliban Change Approach: Talal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD:<\/strong> Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry on Wednesday said that Pakistan would maintain its current policy towards Afghanistan unless the Afghan Taliban abandon what he termed a \u201cguerrilla mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on Geo News programme \u201cAaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath,\u201d the minister said the Taliban leadership\u2019s attitude towards Pakistan was markedly different from its engagement with other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His remarks came after a series of deadly suicide attacks in Islamabad, Bajaur and Bannu, which Pakistani authorities linked to militant elements operating from Afghan soil. In response, Pakistan carried out intelligence-based strikes overnight into Sunday in Afghanistan\u2019s Nangarhar Province and Paktika Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to officials, the strikes targeted seven camps and hideouts allegedly used by the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), its affiliates and Islamic State \u2013 Khorasan Province along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chaudhry said Pakistan had repeatedly urged Kabul to ensure that its territory was not used by terrorist organisations to launch attacks against Pakistan. He described the prevailing situation as the result of what he called an \u201cirresponsible neighbour.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA state, as they call themselves, has yet to move beyond a guerrilla mindset. We tried to change their behaviour through dialogue,\u201d he said, adding that Pakistan now expected practical steps to see Afghanistan act as a responsible state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Referring to the Taliban\u2019s supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, the minister said that while religious edicts were frequently issued on social matters, there was silence over attacks targeting Pakistani mosques, imambargahs, markets and schoolchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said dialogue remained the preferred solution, but warned that Pakistan\u2019s current approach would continue if the pattern persisted. \u201cIf the matter is not resolved through dialogue, it will be dealt with through a hardline approach,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Pakistan\u2019s strikes, Afghan Taliban forces resorted to what officials described as unprovoked firing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border earlier this week in the Torkham and Tirah sub-sectors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson for the prime minister said Pakistan\u2019s security forces responded effectively, silencing the Afghan side. The spokesperson warned that any further provocation would be met with an immediate and severe response, reaffirming Pakistan\u2019s resolve to protect its citizens and safeguard its territorial integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry on Wednesday said that Pakistan would maintain its current policy towards Afghanistan unless the Afghan Taliban abandon what he termed a \u201cguerrilla&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1383,256,1382,1386,1359,1087,113],"class_list":["post-1684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-cross-border-tensions","tag-khyber-pakhtunkhwa","tag-operation-ghazab-lil-haq","tag-pak-afghan-all-war-updates","tag-pakistan-afghanistan-relations","tag-talal-chaudhry","tag-ttp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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