KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, says he met and held talks with Richard Lindsay, the United Kingdom’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, in Islamabad.
In a post on X today (Wednesday, March 25), Pakistan’s special envoy wrote: “We held a constructive discussion on issues of mutual interest — the situation in Afghanistan, evolving regional dynamics, and the current security environment with reference to the growing threat of terrorism.”
He added: “Shared perspectives on recent developments and underlined the importance of sustained engagement for regional stability and cooperation.”
This meeting comes as, following the end of the temporary ceasefire between the Taliban and Pakistan, Pakistani attacks on border areas of Afghanistan have resumed.
The Taliban’s Department of Information and Culture in Kunar says that in Pakistani attacks on the province over the past 24 hours, at least two civilians have been killed and eight others injured.
In a statement released today, the department said that one person was killed in Nari district and another in Sarkano district as a result of the attacks.
The department also added that six people were injured in Nari district and two others in Sarkano district.
It further stated that Pakistan also carried out an attack on Manogai district, but no casualties were reported.
The department claimed that in retaliatory attacks by Taliban forces in border areas of Sarkano district, one Pakistani outpost was destroyed and one person was killed.
Pakistani officials have not yet confirmed the recent attacks against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
These are the first Pakistani attacks on Afghanistan following the end of the temporary ceasefire between the two sides.
Pakistan and the Taliban, once allies, have clashed repeatedly along the border in recent months, including airstrikes and cross-border fire, after Islamabad accused the Afghan Taliban of sheltering members of the Pakistani Taliban, responsible for deadly attacks inside Pakistan.
The latest wave of fighting, which began in late February, lasted nearly three weeks and caused hundreds of casualties, including civilians. UN figures indicate at least 289 civilians were killed or injured in Pakistani airstrikes across several provinces during that period.
On Monday, a Pakistani airstrike hit a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, killing at least 143 people according to the UN. The Taliban says 400 were killed and 250 were injured. UN agencies and human rights groups have called for an independent and impartial investigation.
