Afghan Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi accused Pakistan on Friday (October 10) of carrying out airstrikes near its borders, calling it a “mistake,” as Islamabad said it was taking action against militants.
Eleven more Pakistani soldiers were killed on Friday in a clash with militants in the Tirah area close to the Afghan border, according to Pakistani security officials. Islamabad says militants of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan group operate from Afghanistan, a charge denied by Kabul.
“In the border areas, which are our remote areas, there have been some attacks. We condemn it. And we consider it a big mistake of the Pakistani government,” Muttaqi told a news conference in New Delhi on Friday.
Muttaqi is on a six-day visit to the Indian capital after getting a temporary exemption on his travel ban. He held talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar earlier in the day.
India on Friday upgraded ties with Afghanistan’s Taliban administration, giving a boost to the diplomatically isolated group, by announcing it would reopen its embassy in Kabul that was shut after the Taliban seized power in 2021.
