ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has rejected the Afghan Taliban regime’s claim of civilian targeting and called it a “poor attempt to cover up their own heinous targeting of civilian population along Pak-Afghan Border.”

The official X account of Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s fact-checking service posted a statement on Sunday rejecting claims attributed to a Taliban official and accusing the Afghan Taliban regime of attacking civilians along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

In the post published on X (formerly Twitter), the fact-checking account said: “The claim by so called Deputy Spokesperson of Afghan Taliban regime is yet again a poor attempt to cover up their own heinous targeting of civilian population along Pak-Afghan Border and to befool its own citizens reeling under a terror sponsoring regime.”

Deliberate targeting of civilians

The statement said that an attack occurred earlier on March 15 in Pakistan’s northwestern region.

The post said, “Today on 15th of March 2026 around 1530 hours, Afghan Taliban regime deliberately targeted civilian population in Tabesta Letai, Salarzai area of Bajaur District, in KPK province.”

“Four innocent civilians have embraced shahadat while one five year old child is seriously injured in the attack.”

The post also addressed accusations about Pakistani military operations, stating that only terrorist targets had been struck.

It said, “Targeting by Pakistan Armed Forces has been consistently and transparently communicated to public, as was also done with respect to this false allegation.”

‘Repeated lies and fake communications’

“On night 14/15 March, only terrorist hideouts, infrastructure and technical equipment of Master Terror Proxy Afghan Taliban regime was hit in Kandhar and visuals/clips of the said precision targeting have already been shared.”

The post further underlined the issue of the Afghan Taliban spreading false information.

It said, “Pakistan unlike Afghan Taliban regime doesn’t rely on old/fake/AI generated images and visuals.”

“Repeated lies and fake communications by official Afghan Taliban regime channels are only discrediting them domestically and internationally.”

“Truth Always prevails over falsehood,” the post concluded.

Pak-Afghan Border

Fact Check: Pakistan rejects Afghan Taliban regime’s claim of civilian targeting