{"id":42014,"date":"2026-02-27T15:04:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42014"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:04:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:04:37","slug":"asif-declares-open-war-as-taliban-turn-afghanistan-into-indias-colony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42014","title":{"rendered":"Asif declares \u2018open war\u2019 as Taliban turn Afghanistan into \u2018India\u2019s colony\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A day after \u201cunprovoked and miscalculated\u201d attacks on Pakistan\u2019s military posts along Pak-Afghan border by Taliban regime forces, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif declared that Islamabad\u2019s \u201cpatience has reached its limit\u201d and that \u201cnow it is open confrontation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The minister stated this in a long post on X on Friday\u00a0as Pakistani military continued to hit \u201ccarefully selected\u201d targets of Afghan forces and their terror proxies in major urban centres of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the period after the exit of US-led NATO forces from Afghanistan in 2021, Asif said that Pakistan had expected peace to prevail and anticipated that the Taliban would prioritise the interests of the Afghan people and regional stability.<\/p>\n<p>\u0646\u06cc\u0679\u0648 \u06a9\u06cc \u0627\u0641\u0648\u0627\u062c \u06a9\u06d2 \u0627\u0646\u062e\u0644\u0627\u0621 \u06a9\u06d2 \u0628\u0639\u062f \u06cc\u06c1 \u062a\u0648\u0642\u0639 \u06a9\u06cc \u062c\u0627\u062a\u06cc \u062a\u06be\u06cc \u06a9\u06c1 \u0627\u0641\u063a\u0627\u0646\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0627\u0645\u0646 \u06be\u0648 \u06af\u0627 \u0627\u0648\u0631 \u0637\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0641\u063a\u0627\u0646\u064f \u0639\u0648\u0627\u0645 \u06a9\u06d2 \u0645\u0641\u0627\u062f\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0648\u0631 \u0639\u0644\u0627\u0642\u06c1 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0627\u0645\u0646 \u067e\u06c1 \u062a\u0648\u062c\u06c1 \u0645\u0631\u06a9\u0648\u0632 \u06a9\u0631\u06cc\u06ba\u064f \u06af\u06d2\u06d4\u0645\u06af\u0631 \u0637\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u0646\u06d2 \u0627\u0641\u063a\u0627\u0646\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u0648 \u06be\u0646\u062f\u0648\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u06cc \u06a9\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0646\u06cc \u0628\u0646\u0627 \u062f\u06cc\u0627\u06d4 \u0633\u0627\u0631\u06cc \u062f\u0646\u06cc\u0627 \u06a9\u06d2 \u062f\u06be\u0634\u062a \u06af\u0631\u062f\u0648\u06ba \u06a9\u0627 \u0627\u0641\u063a\u0627\u0646\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0627\u06a9\u0679\u06be\u0627 \u06a9\u0631 \u0644\u06cc\u0627 \u0627\u0648\u0631 \u062f\u06be\u0634\u062a \u06af\u0631\u062f\u06cc \u06a9\u0648\u2026<br \/>\n\u2014 Khawaja M. Asif (@KhawajaMAsif) February 26, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he alleged, Afghanistan had been turned \u201cinto a colony of India,\u201d accusing the Taliban of aligning themselves with New Delhi and allowing terrorist groups to operate from Afghan soil.<\/p>\n<p>The minister claimed that terrorists from around the world had been allowed to gather in Afghanistan and that terrorism was being exported to neighbouring countries. He further accused the Taliban government of denying basic human rights to its own citizens, particularly women, saying rights granted under Islam had been taken away.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said that Pakistan had tried repeatedly to stabilise the situation through diplomacy, both directly and with the help of friendly countries. \u201cExtensive diplomatic efforts were made,\u201d he said, but added that the Taliban had effectively become \u201ca proxy of India.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Framing the current situation as a turning point, Asif said that any aggression against Pakistan would be met with a decisive response from its armed forces. \u201cBy the grace of God, our armed forces are giving a decisive response,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting Pakistan\u2019s past role, he said that the country had hosted around five million Afghan refugees over the past five decades and that hundreds of thousands of Afghans continued to earn their livelihoods in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>But, he warned, restraint had run its course. \u201cOur patience has reached its limit. Now it is open confrontation. Now there will be decisive action,\u201d Asif said, adding pointedly: \u201cPakistan\u2019s army has not come from across the seas \u2014 we are your neighbours, and we know your reality well.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A day after \u201cunprovoked and miscalculated\u201d attacks on Pakistan\u2019s military posts along Pak-Afghan border by Taliban regime forces, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif declared that Islamabad\u2019s \u201cpatience has reached its limit\u201d and that \u201cnow it is open confrontation.\u201d The minister stated this in a long post on X on Friday\u00a0as Pakistani military continued to hit \u201ccarefully [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}