Islamabad accuses Kabul of hosting TTP amid strained relations

While addressing the Inter-Parliamentary Speakers’ Conference in Islamabad, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Sharif said that “Afghanistan must understand that lasting peace can only be realised by reining in TTP and other terrorist groups operating from Afghan territory.” In an X post on the Government of Pakistan account, Sharif also claimed that the “suicide attack” in the capital Islamabad today originated in Afghanistan, with India’s backing”. Islamabad accuses Kabul of harbouring armed groups, particularly the Pakistan Taliban (TTP), which regularly claims deadly attacks in Pakistan. The Afghan Taliban deny sheltering the group.