ISPR Director General Lt-General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has said that 4,910 intelligence-based operations have been carried out since November 4, 2025 in which 206 terrorists have been eliminated.In an interactive session with senior journalists on the country’s security issues on November 25 details of which were available now, the DG ISPR said that 67,023 operations were carried out in the country during the ongoing year; 12,857 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and 53,309 in Balochistan. 

He told the journalists that the Pak-Afghan border was situated on a rugged terrain. “KP shares 1,229 kilometers long border with Afghanistan,” the DG said, adding, “There are 20 crossing points in it.” He informed that at some places distances between one border post and the other were even 20 to 25 kilometers. General Chaudhry said that vast resources were required for building forts and drone surveillance of the border areas.

He went on to say that unlike Punjab and Sindh, villages in KP and Balochistan straddled the border. “In these circumstances, controlling the mobility of people is a challenge,” he admitted. The DG said that elsewhere in the world, border management was done by two neighbouring countries. “On the contrary, in the case of Afghanistan, Afghan Taliban facilitate the infiltration of militants into Pakistan,” Gen Chaudhry said, adding, “If you look at the areas adjacent to the Pak-Afghan border, you hardly see any administrative structure there, which led to governance issues. 

He said that in these areas, there existed a strong nexus between politicians and terrorists, which was facilitated by the Fitna al-Khwarij. The DG questioned, “Who in the country is responsible for stopping cross border terrorism or smuggling or illegal trade? If non-custom paid vehicles are roaming freely in your province, who is responsible to stop it?” These vehicles, the DG went on to say, were used in suicide explosions. “Pakistan’s stance on Doha agreement with Afghanistan is very clear.

Pakistan wants the Afghan Taliban to stop supporting the terrorists.” General Chaudhry said there were sanctuaries of terrorists in Afghanistan. “Leadership of Al-Qaeda, Daesh and other terror outfits are present in the country,” he said, and added, “TTP militants receive arms and funding from these outfits which are eventually used against Pakistan.” The DG said that Pakistan had presented proof in front of the Afghan Taliban, which they could not deny.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)