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Pakistan's military accused India of sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan and alleged that the Afghan Taliban regime acts as New Delhi's proxy by sheltering anti-Pakistan militant groups such as the TTP and BLA.
Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants armed with 82mm recoilless guns and at least one US-made M16A4 assault rifle carried out multiple attacks on Pakistani Army posts in Bannu and Landi Kotal, underscoring the group's continued ability to strike military positions in Pakistan's border regions.
Afghan Taliban forces fired mortars without provocation on civilian houses and the Angoor Adda bazaar in Lower South Waziristan, Pakistan, killing one civilian and injuring five, with many shops damaged.
Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan militants raided a Pakistani Army post in Tank, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, deploying US-made M16A4 rifles, M24 sniper rifles, M4A1 carbines, armed drones with IEDs, RPG-7 launchers and AKM/Type 56 rifles, as Islamabad warned it will act against terrorism originating from Afghan soil.
Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan militants raided a Pakistani Army post in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, deploying US-made M24 SWS sniper rifles, M16A4 rifles with thermal scopes, RPGs and AKM-pattern rifles, underscoring the group's access to advanced Western weaponry. The assault comes as Pakistan's government accuses the Afghan Taliban of harboring 4,000–6,000 TTP fighters and demands concrete action against the TTP and BLA.
Pakistan has formally ended talks with the Afghan Taliban, citing more than 4,700 Pakistani deaths from terrorism over three years and Afghan support for TTP attacks during the May 2025 war with India.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told an apex committee meeting in Peshawar that terrorism originating from Afghan soil continues to threaten Pakistan and kill innocent people.
India reportedly supplied the Afghan Taliban with a modern air defense system intended for use against Pakistan, a transfer that would mark a major strategic shift in South Asian security.
Taliban fighters and Pakistani troops resumed border clashes in Dand Patan district of Paktia province, Afghanistan, renewing direct military confrontation between the two neighbors along a contested frontier.
Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan militants killed a Pakistani Special Service Group officer in Peshawar, marking a targeted attack on elite military personnel in the country's northwestern security hub.
Sergey Naryshkin, head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, met with Abdul Haq Wasiq, the Taliban's intelligence chief, in Kabul to discuss the development of relations and intelligence cooperation.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused the Afghan Taliban of acting as pawns of 'foreigners' and said mediation by Turkey, Qatar and China has failed to ease tensions, as insecurity rises in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
Pakistani security forces retaliated against unprovoked firing by the Afghan Taliban in the Kurram sector along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, inflicting significant casualties with 12 bodies and 11 injured Afghan Taliban personnel brought to Shehrnaw Hospital.
Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan militants used a commercial quadcopter drone to drop an M57D A2 mortar bomb on a Pakistani military post in South Waziristan, marking a notable escalation in the group's use of improvised aerial munitions against state forces.
Taliban Foreign Minister Mullah Amir Khan Muttaqi accused Pakistan's military regime of supporting armed opposition groups fighting the Taliban during the Moscow Format meeting. The allegation marks a sharp escalation in Kabul-Islamabad tensions and raises the risk of cross-border proxy conflict.