ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has rejected the Afghan Taliban’s claims about capturing posts and inflicting damage as “false” and “fabricated”.

The official X account of Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting shared a post on Saturday rejecting claims attributed to what it described as the “so-called Ministry of Defence of Afghan Taliban Regime,” calling them false and misleading.

In the social media post, the ministry stated: “This latest claim of the so called Ministry of Defence of Afghan Taliban Regime regarding capturing some post and made up damages etc is false as always, fabricated and designed to mislead Afghan internal public opinion, which are unfortunately first hand experiencing and suffering under these terror sponsors.”

The ministry further said that “Damages and losses incurred by Master Proxy Afghan Taliban and their extension Fitna Al Khawarij are being regularly updated by MOIB.”

‘Video and pictorial evidence’

It added that “Related video and pictorial evidence, where applicable, is also shared with media, rather than resorting to fake claims and propaganda.”

According to the post, “Great care is being exercised to provide credible and timely information about the ongoing targeted operations against terrorist and support infrastructure inside Afghan Taliban regime occupation area.”

The statement also said that “beyond the amplification cycle of terrorists and Indian media /social media networks, there has been no credible and verifiable evidence of such repeated frivolous claims made by the Taliban outlets.”

It added: “These claims have in fact always fallen on their face once fact checked.”

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Pakistan rejects Afghan Taliban claims about capturing posts as ‘false’