Zain Khan

DG ISPR Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry’s Interview with Reuters on Oct 30, 2026 Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR), Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, made several important statements regarding the Afghan Taliban regime during an interview with Reuters. Key Statements by DG ISPR: India is the biggest sponsor of terrorism in Pakistan. The Afghan Taliban regime is a proxy of India. The terrorist organisations Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) are also Indian proxies operating against Pakistan. The Afghan Taliban use non-state actors and mercenaries to pursue their nefarious objectives. Afghanistan continues to be run by non-state actors. It is a regime rather than a normal state. Following the Russian intervention in Afghanistan, numerous intelligence agencies and proxy groups established strong footholds in the country. International terrorist organisations, including Jaish al-Adl, Al-Qaeda and Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), are also present in Afghanistan The United Nations, the United States and several other countries have already highlighted the presence of these terrorist organisations in Afghanistan. Pakistan is only asking the Afghan Taliban to stop supporting terrorists operating inside Pakistan. The Afghan Taliban regime has provided sanctuary to terrorists such as Noor Wali, Bashir Zeb and Gul Bahadur. Terrorist groups and formations carrying out attacks in Pakistan originate from Afghanistan, where they are also supplied with weapons. If the Taliban regime refuses to heed Pakistan’s concerns regarding terrorism, it will have to pay a heavy price. The Afghan Taliban regime has no credibility at the international level. The international community must compel the Afghan regime to behave like a normal state. The international community must also pressure the Afghan Taliban to stop the cultivation and production of narcotics. Pakistan’s armed forces are fully capable of countering all threats emanating from the Afghan regime, including drone threats.

Good to hear that a foreign channel is opening an office in Pakistan - for TV and digital news Pakistan's declining and decaying media landscape could do with this - and especially those who work in it given stagnant or even declining salaries and persistent layoffs and shutdowns

The yet-to-opened newly constructed building of one of Pakistan’s biggest banks HBL seems to be on fire in Karachi’s Clifton neighbourhood