{"id":7500,"date":"2026-02-22T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/02\/22\/taliban-condemn-pakistan-airstrikes-nangarhar-paktika\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T09:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T09:00:19","slug":"taliban-condemn-pakistan-airstrikes-nangarhar-paktika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/02\/22\/taliban-condemn-pakistan-airstrikes-nangarhar-paktika\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Strongly Condemn Pakistan Airstrikes, Pledge Timely Retaliation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban&#8217;s Ministry of Defense has condemned recent Pakistani airstrikes on parts of Nangarhar and Paktika provinces, describing them as an &#8220;incursion by the Pakistani military regime&#8221; and promising to respond at an appropriate time. The ministry also reported that dozens of civilians were killed in these attacks.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by the ministry, the attacks were called a clear violation of Afghanistan&#8217;s airspace and contrary to international laws, principles of good neighborliness, and Islamic values. The Taliban administration strongly denounced the incidents, labeling them as a &#8220;crime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban&#8217;s Ministry of Defense emphasized that protecting Afghanistan&#8217;s borders and ensuring the safety of its residents are its &#8220;legal and national&#8221; responsibilities and warned that the response to these attacks would be &#8220;calculated.&#8221; However, no details were provided regarding the timing or manner of the retaliation.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after previous Pakistani attacks on Khost province, where Taliban officials likewise promised a timely response. Yet, no reports of concrete actions or results have emerged so far, raising questions about the Taliban administration&#8217;s capabilities and strategies in managing border tensions with Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban condemn Pakistani airstrikes in Nangarhar and Paktika, promising a calculated response amid rising border tensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}