Over the past hour, Afghan Taliban militants were observed mobilizing Soviet Scud Ballistic Missiles towards the Pakistani border, according to TacticalTribun on X. This development follows a terrorist attack repelled by Pakistani security forces at the Aashiq post in Daraban police station limits, Dera Ismail Khan, as reported by TKCkhyber and MCIAZayyan on X. The terrorist attack at the Aashiq post was thwarted by effective retaliatory firing from security forces, forcing the attackers to flee, according to multiple sources on X. This incident occurred after a "partial ceasefire" agreement between Pakistan and the Taliban. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump, speaking at a Gaza peace plan signing ceremony in Egypt, stated that "Pakistan, India are going to live very nicely together," addressing Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Earlier today, a grand jirga of 80 elders from Bara departed for Tirah Valley to hold talks with the Pakistani Taliban and its associated groups. The Pakistani Taliban presented two demands to the jirga: the implementation of Sharia law similar to Afghanistan's, and the freedom to operate in tribal areas as they did before the FATA merger. The jirga, which includes prominent elders from all five tehsils of Khyber district, has been meeting with the TTP affiliates for over an hour, as per Khorasan Diary on X. In other diplomatic news from the Egypt summit, President Trump invited Prime Minister Sharif to speak, who lauded Trump's role in peace efforts and called him a "man of peace," according to Sidhant on X. The Afghan Taliban had previously issued a statement on October 13th, 2025, supporting protests by Pakistan's Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and accusing the Pakistani army of firing on demonstrators, escalating tensions between Kabul and Islamabad. This statement followed reports of clashes in Muridke, Pakistan, between TLP protestors and security forces. Earlier this morning, between 10:06 AM UTC and 10:35 AM UTC, Taliban militants were observed transporting ancient Luna-M and Scud-B missiles, reportedly unearthed from Panjshir, to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, according to previous reports.
