Pakistan’s Minister of State for Interior, Talal Chaudhry, has warned the Afghan Taliban that the country will respond with equal force as long as India continues to use Afghanistan as a proxy. Speaking outside the Parliament, Chaudhry said, “We will show them how we respond to the loss of one of our young men.” He further stated that India and Israel are using Afghanistan for their own interests. Chaudhry emphasized that if Afghanistan fails to maintain good relations with Pakistan, it will neither be independent nor happy.
The Ministry has announced that unspecified flights will not be allowed to park at Karachi Airport, amid rising tensions in the Middle East. The situation regarding petroleum products has become critical in Pakistan due to the ongoing tensions in the region. According to the Ministry of Information, a picture shared by the Afghan Taliban regime in Afghanistan is a propaganda tool from 2021, showing a Russian plane crash in Turkey. The propaganda and false claims made by the Afghan Taliban regime are shameful.
Security has been tightened in Karachi, particularly around the airport and its surrounding areas. Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran, Mubashir Hussain Tipu, has stated that Iran has been attacked, and they are sending back Pakistani nationals from the country. The spokesperson for the Foreign Office, Tahira Hassan, has clarified that the Afghan Taliban’s claim of hijacking a Pakistani plane is completely false. Following the attack on Iran, the government has instructed the Pakistan Air Traffic Control to monitor the country’s airspace strictly.
In Lahore’s Green Town area, a woman lost her life in a domestic violence incident. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised Pakistani citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to Iran due to security concerns. The authorities have arrested 83 undocumented Afghan nationals in Islamabad and various other districts of the country. According to security sources, the Pakistan Air Force destroyed the Afghan military’s headquarters in Kandahar and targeted two objectives in the Mihmandara Valley in Nangarhar Province. Section 144 has been imposed in various areas of Dera Ismail Khan, restricting all movement.
In the upcoming High Court Bar elections, 32,488 lawyers will exercise their right to vote. There is a high possibility of a dry spell in Karachi and Lahore by the end of February. SSP City Arif Aziz stated that 98 Afghans were taken into custody during the operation. The Pakistan Army launched an operation in the Tora Bora valley of the Khyber district, targeting an Afghan post in the Dur Baba area, resulting in the deaths of four militants, including two key Taliban commanders.
In Jordan, Iran launched a missile attack on the Mufak Salti airbase, targeting American forces, and explosions were also reported in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. According to the Notam, unspecified flights will not be allowed to park at Karachi Airport. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that their military was ready for the attack. The situation regarding petroleum products has become critical in Pakistan due to the ongoing tensions in the region. Israel has announced that it has targeted hundreds of Iranian military targets in western Iran during airstrikes, including missile launchers.
The Pakistan Air Force has destroyed the Afghan military’s headquarters in Kandahar and targeted two objectives in the Mihmandara Valley in Nangarhar Province.
