Three masked men speaking Bengali surfaced online between 10:15 PM UTC on February 23 and 1:15 AM UTC on February 24, 2026, identifying as Bangladeshi Mujahideen aligned with Pakistan's Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and threatening the Pakistan Army to halt operations against TTP or face attacks, according to an X post by Asifurrahman71. Separately, Afghan Taliban member Abdul Hamid Khorasani threatened on Afghanistan's Tolo News that his group possesses suicide bombers capable of confronting the non-Muslim world and has operatives inside Pakistan linked to TTP and Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), per an X post by MahazOfficial1. The Bengali-speaking militants' video message, posted during the nearly three-hour reporting window, explicitly warned the Pakistan Army in blunt terms against continuing anti-TTP operations, highlighting cross-border militant networks extending to Bangladesh, as reported by Asifurrahman71 on X. Khorasani's national TV statement on Tolo News, cited by MahazOfficial1 within the window, specified capabilities for attacks inside Pakistan through TTP and BLA affiliates. An X post by ShahabSpeaks during the window referenced a vague 'development from PIMS' hospital in Islamabad with the quote 'Fasten your seatbelts!', but provided no further details or official confirmation. This echoes unverified social media claims from earlier on February 23 about former Prime Minister Imran Khan's transfer to PIMS hospital, which remain unconfirmed by authorities, as noted in prior reporting. The threats follow Pakistan's recent airstrikes in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province and heightened security measures, including Peshawar police blockades in Hayatabad announced late on February 23 under DSP Ababeel for citizen protection, per PeshawarCCPO's X statement, alongside high alerts in Karachi and arrests of Afghan nationals.
