RAWALPINDI (MNN); Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has revealed that Afghan security posts frequently open fire on Pakistani border checkposts to create strategic diversions, enabling armed militants to slip across into Pakistan.
Briefing journalists earlier, the official vedio of that was released today, DG ISPR said security was a shared responsibility, but the Afghan side was enabling infiltration instead of preventing it.
According to him, militant movements increase after cross-border firing, as gaps become difficult to secure in areas lacking governance.
He noted that in key conflict zones like Tirah and Khyber, basic state structures including courts and administrative institutions are virtually absent on the Afghan side. He added that border populations remain historically split, with 29 tribes straddling both sides, making complete movement control complex.
Lt Gen Chaudhry explained that despite questions over border fencing, effective security requires continuous surveillance and fire cover. Even the most fortified fences fail without visibility and rapid interception capability.
Completely sealing the frontier, he said, was beyond even the US despite its resources on the Mexico border. Establishing posts every few kilometres with drone monitoring would demand massive financial outlay.
Highlighting the terror-crime nexus, he stated that TTP cells inside Pakistan provide assistance to smugglers and militants who attack posts and then clear routes for vehicles.
He warned that nearly 0.45 million non-custom paid vehicles were operating inside the country, many of which are reportedly used for explosive-laden attacks and militant mobility. The DG questioned why such vehicles were not being intercepted at the provincial level, describing them as a major pillar of the terror-financing chain.
On Pakistan-Afghanistan dialogue, he said Islamabad had furnished solid evidence proving TTP presence and operations from Afghan soil, and that the Afghan side could not refute it.
Pakistan had even offered a third-party monitored agreement to regulate cross-border terrorism. Citing a US SIGAR report, he observed that equipment worth over $7.2bn was left behind in Afghanistan in 2021, and the Taliban failed to evolve into a functional state, instead enabling Al Qaeda, TTP, IS-K, ETIM, IMU and others.
He reminded that Taliban commitments under Doha included preventing terror activity from their soil, but Pakistan’s security concerns had forced trade suspension. Pakistan’s issue, he clarified, was with the Taliban administration, not Afghan civilians. Rejecting accusations of Pakistani airstrikes inside Afghanistan, he reiterated that no terrorist is a “good” terrorist.
He further revealed that 971,604 illegal migrants had been repatriated this year, including over 239,000 in November alone.
Discussing India, he said New Delhi’s attempt to brand its military setbacks as victories was detached from reality. Referring to claims that recent conflict was a “trailer”, he remarked that India had suffered heavy aviation and strategic losses. He warned that any military equipment given to Kabul risked falling directly into militant hands.
He highlighted foreign-controlled social media accounts generating anti-state narratives, especially concerning Balochistan. He said real counter-terror success required governance engagement rather than only kinetic force. While provincial apex and steering committees exist, their implementation remained weak in KP.
The DG ISPR disclosed that 949 reconstruction and development projects are underway across 35 districts, while the crackdown on smuggled Iranian fuel reduced daily volumes from 20.5 million litres to just 2.7 million.
On operational progress, he said security forces have carried out 4,910 intelligence-based operations since November 4 alone, averaging 233 daily, killing 206 terrorists. Since January, 67,023 IBOs have been conducted – over 53,000 in Balochistan and 12,800 in KP. Pakistan has faced 4,729 terror incidents this year, with KP worst-hit.
