Taliban forces dropped munitions on Pakistani military positions during armed clashes on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, as reported by GeoConfirmed and FaytuksNetwork, with visual evidence shared at approximately 6:08 PM UTC on October 12th, 2025. These engagements follow Pakistan's launch of Phase II of "Operation Khyber Storm" earlier on October 12th, which aims to eliminate the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) within Afghanistan. The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs also released a statement addressing Afghan Taliban attacks against Pakistan. The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has changed its nomenclature for referring to the Taliban government from "Interim Afghan Govt" to "Taliban Regime" in its recent statement concerning attacks by the Afghan Taliban on Pakistan. The statement concluded with hopes that "one day, the Afghan people would be emancipated and they would be governed by a true representative government," according to X user @AnasMallick. Visual evidence shared by @Archer83Able depicted Taliban forces engaged in dropping munitions on Pakistani military positions, with coordinates noted at 33.986794, 69.910961. In parallel, the Government of Pakistan has decided that anyone providing shop, house, or employment to any illegal Afghan alien nationals will also be considered a criminal, as stated by Pakistan’s Minister of State for Interior, Senator Tallal Chaudhry. These developments occur amidst previous reports of Pakistani Army forces advancing approximately 2 km inside Afghanistan's Paktika province on October 12th, 2025, capturing a strategically important hill in the Zear Zoa area of Birmal district.
