Pakistan Army destroys Afghan Taliban posts near South Waziristan and Parachinar

The Pakistan Army has destroyed several Afghan Taliban posts and military positions along the border near South Waziristan and Parachinar, state broadcaster Radio Pakistan said on Friday, 30 October, citing security sources. The army called it a “befitting reply to unprovoked firing” in the Angoor Adda area.

According to the security sources, heavy weapons were used against border posts, bunkers and military installations, forcing Afghan Taliban personnel to leave their posts and flee. They said several Taliban personnel were killed but gave no number. These claims could not be independently verified.

What started it

The trouble began on Tuesday, 27 October, in Angoor Adda in Lower South Waziristan, a border town with a crossing into Afghanistan’s Paktika province. Pakistani military officials said Afghan Taliban forces fired at Pakistani posts and at civilian areas, and that a mortar shell hit a house, killing one civilian and injuring five members of one family. Pakistan says it destroyed Afghan check posts in response that day, and Friday’s action followed.

Security forces said there would be “no compromise on national security”. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi warned Kabul that Pakistan would not tolerate attacks on its people or on its sovereignty.

What Afghanistan says

Kabul tells a different story. Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defence said in a post on X on 28 October that Pakistani forces carried out four drone strikes around noon on 27 October, hitting a market in Angoor Adda and a location in Paktika. It said Afghan forces hit back at Pakistani military positions and caused casualties among Pakistani soldiers. Pakistan’s Ministry of Information called that account fabricated. The Afghan side had not commented on Friday’s strikes by the time of writing.

Why the border keeps flaring

The core dispute has not changed. Islamabad says the Afghan Taliban government lets the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) use Afghan soil to plan and carry out attacks inside Pakistan. Kabul denies this and says it does not allow anyone to use its territory against a neighbour. Each new round of firing makes the crossings more uncertain for traders and for families who live on both sides.

For people in South Waziristan and Kurram, that uncertainty is daily life: shelling closes schools and markets, and the crossings that carry food and goods can shut without warning. The next thing to watch is whether either government announces talks, or whether the firing spreads to other sectors along the border.