{"id":3856,"date":"2026-06-01T20:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/?p=3856"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:57:15","slug":"asif-warns-against-believing-taliban-regimes-mixed-signals-says-support-for-militants-still-intact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/asif-warns-against-believing-taliban-regimes-mixed-signals-says-support-for-militants-still-intact\/","title":{"rendered":"Asif warns against believing Taliban regime&#8217;s &#8216;mixed signals&#8217;, says support for militants still intact"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Asif warns against trusting \u201cmixed signals\u201d from Afghan rulers.<\/li>\n<li>Minister urges Taliban regime to end support for TTP completely.<\/li>\n<li>Pakistan ready to counter any future Indian aggression: Asif.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"editorHr\" \/>\n<p>Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the Afghan Taliban regime\u2019s support for the banned TTP militants remains intact and warned against believing in the interim rulers\u2019 \u201cmixed signals\u201d on the matter of stopping cross-border terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on\u00a0<i>Geo News<\/i>\u00a0programme &#8216;Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath&#8217;, the defence minister was asked to comment on a local English daily report claiming Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada warned the TTP to halt attacks inside Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is only in the media. Practically there has been no change in the situation on the ground,\u201d said Asif, adding that the Taliban\u2019s support to TTP terrorists was still intact.<\/p>\n<p>Asif further urged the Taliban regime&#8217;s top leadership to stop supporting TTP militants \u201conce and for all\u201d. \u201cIt should come from the horse\u2019s mouth,\u201d the minister said while commenting on the reported withdrawal of support to the banned TTP by the Taliban regime.<\/p>\n<p>Pointing to the contradictory statements of the Taliban regime, the defence minister said, \u201cit will be very dangerous to trust the mixed signals\u201d being sent by the Afghan interim rulers on the issue of terrorism. \u201cThere is absolutely nothing on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan launched Operation Ghazab lil-Haq in February this year, months after the two countries agreed to a ceasefire in October 2025, following clashes triggered by unprovoked gunfire by the Afghan Taliban regime at multiple border points.<\/p>\n<p>Despite many rounds of talks, both countries have so far failed to reach an agreement due to the Afghan Taliban regime&#8217;s reluctance to take action against terrorist outfits operating from its soil.<\/p>\n<h2>Asif hits back at Indian army chief<\/h2>\n<p>Separately, Defence Minister Asif hit back at remarks by India\u2019s army chief, saying New Delhi was still dealing with the consequences of its defeat in last year\u2019s May conflict and warned against any future military adventurism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia is still bearing the humiliation of its failure in the recent war,\u201d Asif said in a statement earlier today, while responding to the Indian army chief\u2019s statement in which the latter stated that Operation Sindoor remains active despite a temporary cessation of hostilities, and the armed forces are ready for a possible &#8216;Operation Sindoor 2.0&#8217; if required.<\/p>\n<p>The defence czar further said that Pakistan was prepared to counter any future aggression. He further said that India was using Afghanistan to wage a proxy war against Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;India is fighting a proxy war through Afghanistan,&#8221; Asif added.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the possibility of renewed tensions, he said Pakistan\u2019s armed forces were prepared to respond. \u201cThe Pakistan Army will inflict an even stronger defeat on India than it did last time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened to India last time perhaps did not satisfy them. If India wishes to try again, it may do so, and it will receive its answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to the Indian aggression, Pakistan&#8217;s armed forces launched a large-scale retaliatory military action, named &#8220;Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos&#8221;, and targeted several Indian military targets across multiple regions.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan downed eight Indian fighter jets, including Rafales, and dozens of drones. After at least 87 hours, the war between the two nuclear-armed nations ended on May 10 with a ceasefire agreement brokered by the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asif warns against trusting \u201cmixed signals\u201d from Afghan rulers. Minister urges Taliban regime to end support for TTP completely. Pakistan ready to counter any future Indian aggression: Asif. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the Afghan Taliban regime\u2019s support for the banned TTP militants remains intact and warned against believing in the interim rulers\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3859,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3856\/revisions\/3859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}