{"id":281,"date":"2026-08-09T16:57:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/?p=281"},"modified":"2026-08-09T16:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:57:26","slug":"pakistan-rejects-afghan-taliban-claim-over-weapons-smuggling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southasianchronicle.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/09\/pakistan-rejects-afghan-taliban-claim-over-weapons-smuggling\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Rejects Afghan Taliban Claim Over Weapons Smuggling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad has <strong>strongly rejected allegations by the Afghan Taliban regime<\/strong> that weapons are being smuggled from Pakistan into Afghanistan for alleged \u201csubversive activities,\u201d describing the claim as <strong>frivolous, baseless and contrary to established facts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Pakistan\u2019s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said Afghanistan already possesses <strong>large quantities of sophisticated weapons and military equipment<\/strong> left behind following the withdrawal of US and coalition forces from the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ministry, the military equipment abandoned after the foreign troop withdrawal is estimated to be worth around <strong>$7.2 billion<\/strong>. Pakistan said Afghanistan also has significant stocks of <strong>Soviet-era weapons and military equipment<\/strong> accumulated during decades of conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Islamabad\u2019s response comes amid continued tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, with both sides frequently exchanging allegations over security and militant activity along their shared border.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistani government maintained that the Afghan authorities should consider the substantial weapons already present inside Afghanistan when making claims about the alleged movement of arms across the border.<\/p>\n<p>The statement further emphasized that the Taliban regime\u2019s allegation does not correspond with the established facts regarding the <strong>large weapons stockpile currently present in Afghanistan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad has strongly rejected allegations by the Afghan Taliban regime that weapons are being smuggled from Pakistan into Afghanistan for alleged \u201csubversive activities,\u201d describing the claim as frivolous, baseless and contrary to established facts. 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