Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has termed the Afghan delegation’s claim that TTP terrorists are actually Pakistani refugees living on Afghan soil who are returning to their homes as ridiculous and illogical.

Afghan delegation’s claim that TTP terrorists are actually Pakistani refugees returning to their homes, absurd. He questioned how these so-called refugees could be returning armed with highly destructive weapons, not traveling openly by buses, trucks, or cars on main roads, but…

— Khawaja M. Asif (@KhawajaMAsif) October 30, 2025

In a message on social media, Khawaja Asif questioned how these so-called refugees were returning home armed with destructive weapons, and that too not through roads or vehicles but by crossing difficult mountain routes like thieves.

He said that this interpretation by the Afghan delegation is evidence of their insincerity and lack of seriousness in their intentions.

It is worth mentioning that yesterday, the Defense Minister had warned the Taliban regime that if they had handed over their reins to Delhi, Pakistan would respond — even if it had to go deep inside Afghanistan.