A delegation from the U.S. Commission on the Afghanistan War met on Monday with the Pakistani Army chief, General Asim Munir, in Rawalpindi, against the backdrop of escalating tensions between Islamabad and Kabul.

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The meeting is part of the U.S. body’s review of the 20-year military intervention in Afghanistan, with Pakistan’s role and the regional security environment serving as central agenda items.

The meeting took place at the Pakistani Army General Headquarters in Rawalpindi and was led by the Commission’s co-chairs, Shamila Chaudhary and Colin F. Jackson. According to a statement from the Pakistani Army’s media wing (ISPR), discussions covered matters of mutual interest—including Pakistan’s support, the regional security environment, and developments in Afghanistan—with a focus on perspectives relevant to the Commission’s work.

General Munir shared Pakistan’s perspective on the security dynamics that shaped the conflict and highlighted the challenges the country faced during the protracted war in Afghanistan. The U.S. delegation acknowledged Pakistan’s historic role and sacrifices during the conflict and expressed appreciation for its continued contribution to regional peace and stability, the ISPR noted.

Escalating Tensions Between Pakistan and Afghanistan

Pakistan and Afghanistan are disputing death tolls from their cross-border attacks, with both claiming the upper hand amid what Islamabad calls “open war.” pic.twitter.com/fZJtfDz1rP

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The visit comes amidst escalating tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, with both sides accusing the other of allowing armed groups to use their respective territories to launch attacks against the neighboring country. Relations between Islamabad and Kabul have remained tense since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021. Pakistan has long accused Kabul of harboring the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), while Taliban authorities deny allowing Afghanistan to be used to launch attacks against other countries.

For its part, the Pakistani government on Sunday rejected accusations made by Taliban authorities regarding its alleged support for cells linked to the jihadist group Islamic State, following an operation by Afghan forces in Nuristan province.

The Pakistani Ministry of Information dismissed these accusations as frivolous and baseless, denying that its security forces or intelligence agencies were involved in any internal conflict in Nuristan or elsewhere in Afghanistan.

The ministry maintained that not a single piece of evidence substantiating Pakistan’s involvement had been presented and denied that its agents were behind the recruitment or training of former Afghan security personnel.

Reciprocal accusations regarding terrorist activity

The Pakistani statement comes in response to a communiqué from the Afghan Ministry of Defense, in which the Taliban claimed that groups linked to the Islamic State had crossed the border into Nuristan with the support of Pakistani militias; the ministry reported that security forces killed 28 suspects and detained more than 30.

The Afghan ministry insisted that Pakistani intelligence services had transported them to Pakistan with promises of arranging asylum abroad and providing high salaries. Pakistan, for its part, responded that the presence and activities of terrorist groups of all kinds within Afghanistan are well documented—including in successive United Nations reports—and accused Kabul of diverting attention from internal dissent and the oppression suffered by women, children, and minorities.

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