Govt rejects Afghan Taliban claim of weapons smuggling, calls allegation ‘baseless’
Information ministry says Afghan soil remains a hub for sophisticated weapons and terrorist groups targeting Pakistan
The Afghan Taliban government's claim that weapons were being smuggled from Pakistan into Afghanistan for "subversive activities" has been rejected by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The ministry dismissed the allegation as "frivolous, baseless and contrary to established facts" in a statement posted on X. According to the ministry, Afghanistan is already "awash with enormous quantities of sophisticated weapons and military equipment" left behind following the withdrawal of US and coalition forces.
The ministry's statement emphasized that the abandoned equipment was worth an estimated $7.2 billion and added to "large stocks of Soviet-era weaponry accumulated over decades of conflict". The ministry further stated that attempts to link such weapons to Pakistan were aimed at diverting international attention from a more serious issue - the continued presence of terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil.
Written by urgent.news from The Express Tribune - Pakistan's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
