Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has said that the Afghan Taliban made a grave mistake by attacking Pakistan. In a post shared by the Interior Ministry on social media platform X, Naqvi condemned the targeting of civilians and stated that Pakistan’s armed forces had given an appropriate response to what he called an open act of aggression. He described the attackers as cowardly enemies who struck under the cover of darkness and vowed that Pakistan would not allow its national security to be compromised.

According to the report, the attack took place on Thursday, February 26, when Afghan forces targeted Pakistani military positions along the border. Afghan officials confirmed that several Pakistani soldiers were killed in the assault. In retaliation, Pakistan launched an operation named “Operation Ghazab Lil Haq,” during which airstrikes by the Pakistan Air Force reportedly killed at least 133 Afghan soldiers and injured around 200 others.

The escalating border violence marks a sharp deterioration in relations between the two neighboring countries, with both sides reporting casualties and accusing each other of aggression.