Pakistan rejects Afghan Taliban claim of successful strike in Wana

Information ministry says rudimentary drone was destroyed, no military installation or infrastructure was hit

The federal government on Sunday categorically dismissed claims by the Afghan Taliban regime that they had carried out a successful strike in South Waziristan's Wana.

"The fact is that a rudimentary drone was destroyed over South Waziristan through soft kill measures. No military installation or infrastructure was hit," the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MOIB) said in a post on X.

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🟠 Claim (circulated by @MoDAfghanistan2):

Afghan Taliban’s so-called Ministry of Defence has claimed a successful strike in Wana.

✅ Reality

◼️ The fact is that a rudimentary drone was destroyed over South Waziristan… pic.twitter.com/7s1zgtwUsV

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The statement came in response to claims by the Afghan Taliban’s 'defence ministry', which said it had successfully struck Wana amid ongoing operations by security forces under Operation Ghazab-Lil-Haq.

The statement by MOIB further criticised the Taliban’s announcement as part of a pattern of propaganda and false claims.

“The Taliban regime’s claim reflects their established pattern of pushing propaganda and fabricated claims, such as the recent false assertions about shooting down Pakistan Air Force aircraft and capturing pilots, hence cannot be relied upon,” the information ministry said.

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A day earlier, the information ministry had rejected similar claims by the Afghan Taliban regime that it had captured a Pakistani military post and inflicted damage, terming them false, fabricated, and aimed at misleading the Afghan public.

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar also commented on the matter, saying: “These false claims have no basis or foundation."

Tarar added that the damages and losses incurred by the Afghan Taliban and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan were regularly updated by the information ministry with “irrefutable pictorial and video evidence”.