‘Self-rhetorical lies’: Pakistan rejects Kabul’s claims over Nuristan clashes

In a statement posted on X, the ministry’s fact-checking account described the latest allegations by the Taliban’s “so-called minister for borders” and other “mouthpieces” as “self-rhetorical lies” aimed at diverting attention from what it called serious internal oppression, dissent and instability.

Calling the Afghan Taliban a “non-inclusive and non-representative regime”, the ministry said it had imposed itself on the Afghan people through “force and oppression”.𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 | 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠◼️ The latest allegations by so called Minister for Borders and other mouthpieces of the Taliban regime seeking to attribute the fighting in Nuristan to Pakistan are self rhetorical…pic.twitter.com/S4z5EYre5K— Fact Checker MoIB (@Fact.

Checker. MoIB)September 30, 2026“These comical statements to externalise their internal issues and follow-up rhetoric directed towards Pakistan actually reflect the despair and frustration in handling their own issues,” it said.

The ministry further said the Taliban remained “willingly oblivious” to what it described as their “un-Islamic abetment of terror”, adding that the group was acting as a proxy for a “Hindutva design” for the sake of the interests of some of its leaders.

“This rentier approach of destabilising the region for money as a proxy of agencies is leading the Taliban only towards a self-destructive path, devoid of dignity and honour,” the statement said.

The statement came after Taliban Borders, Tribes and Tribal Affairs Minister Noorullah Noori warned Pakistan, saying Islamabad should learn from Afghanistan’s history and that Taliban opponents would be “defeated” if they chose war. Speaking on Wednesday at a meeting with Kuchi elders from six provinces, Noori said those seeking to destabilise Afghanistan would face “serious consequences”.

Referring to the tensions, Noori said: “Pakistan’s army and intelligence services should understand the people of Afghanistan from a historical, ideological, political and practical perspective.”Taliban opponents, including the Afghanistan Freedom Front, National Resistance Front and United Front of Afghanistan, have stepped up attacks against the Taliban in recent months.

Criticising the group’s political and military opponents, including the National Resistance Front, the minister said Taliban opponents had stood alongside what he called “occupiers” during the presence of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan but now spoke of fighting for freedom.