He cited abandonment $7.2 billion worth American military equipment during US withdrawal.The Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR), Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, has issued a warning that the Afghan regime is now a threat not just to Pakistan but to the entire region and the world, citing the abandonment of $7.2 billion worth of American military equipment during the US withdrawal.Lt Gen Chaudhry said that Pakistani security forces have conducted 4,910 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) since November 4, 2025, killing 206 terrorists. He added that, for the current year, a total of 67,023 IBOs have been carried out nationwide, killing 1,873 terrorists, 136 of whom were said to be Afghans.
He highlighted the extreme difficulty of managing the Pak-Afghan border, which is highly challenging and comprises difficult terrain, especially the 1,229 km stretch in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa featuring 20 crossing points.
DG ISPR’s briefing focused on exposing a “very strong political–terror–crime nexus” operating in the border areas. He stated that this nexus is being facilitated by the “Fitna al-Khawarij” and uses millions of non-custom-paid vehicles allegedly in circulation to carry out suicide attacks inside Pakistan.
The crackdown on Iranian diesel smuggling has seen the daily volume drop from 20.5 million litres to 2.7 million litres, with proceeds previously funding groups like the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Balochistan Youth Council (BYC).
“If non-custom paid vehicles are roaming around in your province, who is responsible for stopping them?” he challenged, stating that the illegal smuggling feeds the terror network.
