巴基斯坦军方在新闻发布会上驳斥了联合国的一份报告，该报告指控巴基斯坦在10月至6月期间对阿富汗的跨境军事行动造成近500名平民死亡和逾1000人受伤 [1]。军方发言人中将艾哈迈德·沙里夫·乔杜里称这份报告"毫无根据" [1]，并辩称巴基斯坦仅针对藏匿于阿富汗的巴基斯坦塔利班使用的隐蔽处所和基础设施进行了打击，所有被击杀者均为武装分子 [1]。
巴基斯坦军方强调其军事行动系出于自卫目的 [1]。根据军方统计，自1月以来巴基斯坦记录了3145起恐怖主义事件，击杀了2084名武装分子 [1]。同期，来自阿富汗基地的武装分子在巴基斯坦实施了28次自杀式袭击，造成819名巴基斯坦人丧生，其中包括士兵、警察和平民 [1]。此外，安全部队自1月以来进行了40348次情报行动 [1]。
2021年阿富汗塔利班重新掌权后，巴阿冲突在2月份升级，阿富汗军队对巴基斯坦发动了报复性越境突袭 [1]。同年3月，巴基斯坦空袭了喀布尔一家戒毒中心，造成数百名平民死亡 [1]。
Pakistan's military dismissed a United Nations report documenting 499 civilian deaths and 1,216 injuries from cross-border military operations conducted between October and June.[1] At a press briefing, Lieutenant General Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry, a military spokesperson, characterized the allegations as "baseless," asserting that all targeted strikes were directed exclusively at positions and infrastructure used by the Pakistani Taliban and that all casualties were armed combatants.[1]
The military presented its own operational statistics to counter the UN findings.[1] Pakistan recorded 3,145 terrorist incidents since January, resulting in 2,084 militants killed, while 819 Pakistanis—comprising soldiers, police officers, and civilians—were killed during the same period.[1] Security forces conducted 40,348 intelligence operations and documented 28 suicide attacks carried out by militants based in Afghanistan.[1] The military characterized its cross-border actions as defensive measures against threats originating from Afghan territory.[1]
The escalation of Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions follows the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan in 2021.[1] Conflict intensified in February when Afghan forces launched retaliatory cross-border raids into Pakistan.[1] In March, a Pakistani airstrike on a rehabilitation facility in Kabul resulted in hundreds of civilian deaths.[1]