Pakistan has strongly condemned the deliberate and unlawful incursion into its territory by drones launched from Afghanistan. 

In a post on X handle, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar said this constitutes a blatant violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and is a grave and unacceptable act of aggression.

He said Pakistan’s Air Defence systems detected, tracked and neutralized all intruding platforms before they could reach any of their intended targets, comprehensively thwarting the attempted attack.

The Information Minister said in exercise of its sovereign right to self-defense, Pakistan conducted precision aerial and drone strikes against ten locations in Afghanistan used for launching and storing these drones. He said the strikes were deliberate, precise, calibrated and proportionate and strictly limited to identified military objectives directly linked to the attempted attacks against Pakistan.

The Information Minister said Pakistan, for years, has repeatedly conveyed its grave concerns to the Afghan Taliban regime and its interlocutors regarding the continued presence of terrorist sanctuaries and their support networks on Afghan soil. Instead of dismantling these networks and taking credible and verifiable action against those using Afghan territory to perpetrate terrorism against Pakistan, the Afghan Taliban regime has chosen to escalate the situation through hostile drone operations against Pakistan.

Attaullah Tarar said Pakistan will neither accept nor tolerate attacks launched from Afghan territory, whether by terrorist groups or by the Afghan Taliban regime itself. He said any violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty will be met with an immediate and decisive response.

He said threats, denials or attempts to deflect responsibility by Afghan Taliban will neither alter the facts nor constrain Pakistan’s inherent right to defend its territory, its people and its national security.

The Information Minister called upon the Afghan Taliban regime to immediately cease all hostile activity against Pakistan and fulfil its international obligations by taking effective, concrete, verifiable and sustained action against terrorist entities operating from Afghan soil.

He said Afghan territory must not be used to launch attacks or conduct hostile operations against Pakistan.

The Information Minister said Pakistan does not seek escalation and remains committed to regional peace, dialogue and constructive engagement.

He said this commitment must not be mistaken for weakness or an unlimited tolerance of hostile actions. He said Pakistan will defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity and the lives of its citizens with full resolve and will take all necessary measures to protect them.

He made it clear that any further provocative act by Afghan Taliban will be responded with firm and resolute response.