Irrefutable evidence

It has been proven beyond doubt that terror activities inside Pakistan are sponsored and planned in Afghanistan. The arrest of an Afghan national in Karachi, who was among those who rammed an explosives-laden van into a Sindh Rangers camp office in Karachi, was enough to serve a demarche to the Afghan authorities. The Foreign Office on Monday summoned the Afghan chargé d'affaires to register its protest over Kabul's inaction regarding the verifiable fact that Afghanistan's soil is being used for cross-border terrorism. A similar demarche was conveyed by Pakistan's Ambassador in Kabul to the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A number of Afghans have been found involved in terrorist attacks in recent times. Apart from the bomber arrested on Saturday, The attacker in February's Islamabad Imambargah suicide bombing also originated from Afghanistan. The evidence thus establishes a definitive case of cross-border subversion inside Pakistan. A number of Indian proxies are operating at the behest of Afghan authorities in Pakistan. The Karachi bomber's confession regarding his ties to Nangarhar-based Jamaat-ul-Ahrar substantiates Pakistan's claims of a unified militant network – comprising TTP, BLA, ISKP and Al-Qaeda remnants – operating from the Afghan soil.

Pakistan's retaliatory operation along the border in Bajaur represents a legitimate security response to cross-border threats, aligned with the right to self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter. These calibrated strikes targeting Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Fitna al-Khawarij safe havens aim to eliminate a persistent threat - a security responsibility the Afghan authorities were obligated to fulfill under the Doha Accord. Repeated diplomatic engagements alongside kinetic enforcement under Operation Ghazab-Lil-Haq underscore the urgency for the Taliban leadership to take decisive action. Left unchecked, these extremist elements pose a mutual existential threat, requiring a sincere, coordinated eradication effort from Kabul.