Pakistan slams Taliban 'lies' over border skirmishes

Accuses Kabul regime of spreading misinformation

SOUTH WAZIRISTAN:

Pakistan on Wednesday slammed what it said were the Afghan Taliban's "latest fabrication of lies' following recent border clashes along the South Waziristan border that left civilians injured and one killed, stressing that such lies carried no value and were designed to delude the suffering Afghan population.

In a statement posted on X, the information ministry stated that the Afghan Taliban regime's latest "fabrication of lies" on the Angoor Adda border incident again confirmed their "deceitful character".

"Fact of the matter is that their cowardly forces initiated unprovoked fire and mortar shelling on unarmed civilians on Pakistani side, following pattern and instructions of their proxy masters, India," the ministry added.

It noted that "immediate, effective and disproportionate response by our brave and proud security forces not only silenced their guns but inflicted heavy casualties on their men in addition to material losses including destruction of seven posts".

The ministry further stated that "such lies of the Taliban regime's so-called official spokespersons carried no value" and were part of a "litany of fabricated stories" that they keep on telling, mostly to their own people suffering under their imposed and non-representative regime.