Pakistan’s Army Chief, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, on Saturday issued a stern warning to Afghanistan to “choose between peace and chaos” as Islamabad pressed for immediate action against terrorist groups alleged to be using Afghan territory to mount attacks inside Pakistan.
The statement comes shortly after Pakistan carried out new air strikes targeting militant hideouts in Afghanistan late Friday, just hours after Islamabad and Kabul extended a two‑day ceasefire that had temporarily eased hostilities between the neighbours.
Addressing a passing‑out ceremony for cadets at the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) in Kakul, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Munir said the Afghan regime should act decisively to stop militants operating from its soil. “All proxies using Afghan soil will face our response – we will raise them to dust,” he warned.
The fresh strikes follow a gun‑and‑bomb assault on a Pakistani military installation in North Waziristan, claimed by the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group of Tehrik‑i‑Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The escalation comes even as representatives from Pakistan and Afghanistan prepare to meet in Doha, where Qatar is facilitating mediation between the two countries. Islamabad has repeatedly demanded that the Taliban‑led Afghan government stop terrorist organisations from using Afghan territory for attacks on Pakistan; Kabul denies these claims and insists it is not permitting such operations.
The deteriorating situation along the shared border stems from repeated militant attacks inside Pakistan—including one in Orakzai district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which killed 11 military personnel including a Lieutenant Colonel and a Major—that Islamabad says originated from Afghan soil.
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