Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:01am on 10 Oct 2025,Friday International
Pakistan conducted airstrikes on Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) camps in Kabul Thursday night, targeting TTP chief Noor Wali Mehsud, who later confirmed his safety via audio message. The strikes coincided with Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi's maiden six-day India visit for talks with S Jaishankar and Ajit Doval, the highest-level India-Afghanistan interaction since Taliban's 2021 takeover. Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif had warned 24 hours earlier that Pakistan's "patience had run out" over Afghan territory harboring militants. Wednesday's TTP ambush killed 11 Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border. Former US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad called Pakistan's strikes a "huge escalation" requiring negotiations between Islamabad and Kabul.
