ISLAMABAD – Claims that Pakistani post near Spin Boldak was destroyed turns out to be another attempt by Afghan handles to push disinfomation online.
As tensions along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border intensified, Islamabad rejected an Afghan claim that a Pakistani military post near Spin Boldak had been destroyed, calling the allegation “fake and fabricated” and saying an attempted Afghan attack had instead been repelled. Ministry of Information said the confrontation occurred in the Gulistan sector during the night of September 24-25, claiming Pakistani forces thwarted what it described as an Afghan aggression and subsequently inflicted heavy losses on opposing Taliban positions.
The ministry claimed at least 13 Afghan Taliban personnel were killed, with several others wounded. Pakistan also released visuals on X that it said captured the border engagement and the subsequent action against Afghan Taliban positions.
Islamabad’s response came after Afghanistan’s defence ministry claimed that a Pakistani post near Spin Boldak, along the Balochistan-Kandahar frontier, had been destroyed. Kabul also reportedly denied suffering casualties during the latest clash.
The confrontation is the latest in a series of incidents that have sharply increased tensions between the two neighbours. Pakistan conducted precision air and drone strikes at 10 locations inside Afghanistan on Thursday, saying the action followed the entry of drones launched from Afghan territory into Pakistani airspace.
Multiple drones crossed into Pakistani airspace near Torkham and Kohat on Wednesday before being shot down. Another incident was reported near Kurram, where Afghan Taliban forces allegedly opened fire across the border. Pakistani security personnel also reportedly prevented an attempt by terrorists to cross into the country.
The latest escalation comes only days after Pakistan carried out another round of strikes in Afghanistan. On September 21, Pakistani forces conducted what Islamabad described as “calibrated” airstrikes against terrorist hideouts and safe havens in Afghanistan’s border region.
Information Ministry said more than 28 terrorists were eliminated in that operation, while warning that Afghanistan continued to serve as a hub for terrorism threatening Pakistan. The strikes followed a major attack at the old Police Lines in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in which 23 people were killed and around 100 injured.
Eight terrorists were subsequently killed during an overnight security operation to clear the area.
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar described the September 21 action as part of Pakistan’s continuing counter-terrorism campaign, Operation Ghazab lil Haq. The operation was launched on the night of February 26 following what Pakistani authorities described as unprovoked firing by Afghan Taliban forces from across the border.
Pakistan has also carried out multiple strikes in Afghanistan during the year. Islamabad targeted locations in Paktia, Paktika and Kunar, with Tarar saying 25 terrorists were killed.
The escalating military exchanges are rooted in a much broader dispute over terrorism and militant sanctuaries. Pakistan repeatedly demanded that the Taliban administration in Kabul dismantle terrorist infrastructure on Afghan soil, particularly facilities and networks linked to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
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