Kabul, Dec 4 (NationPress) Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has charged Pakistan with attempting to impose "mysterious projects" on Kabul, utilizing economic coercion, border closures, and political manipulation to undermine the Taliban administration, according to local media reports from Thursday.

Speaking at an event in Kabul on Wednesday, Muttaqi remarked that Pakistan anticipated that the people of Afghanistan would grow frustrated and pressurize the Taliban administration following its closure of trade routes.

However, he noted that Pakistan's border closure did not result in shortages or unrest within Afghanistan, asserting that other regional partners continued to supply essential goods to Kabul, as reported by Afghanistan's prominent news agency, Khaama Press.

He further indicated that Pakistan has long-standing disputes with nearly all its neighbors and is exerting pressure on Afghanistan with what he described as "unrealistic and unacceptable" security demands.

Muttaqi emphasized that the Taliban has already implemented measures to address Pakistani concerns, such as relocating Waziristani tribal families from the border and increasing border security forces over the past four years.

He criticized Pakistan for expecting the Taliban to "deliver everything" while Islamabad itself struggles to resolve its internal security challenges.

Additionally, he condemned Pakistan's political framework, claiming that the division of decision-making between civilian leaders and the military complicates and destabilizes negotiations.

Amir Khan Muttaqi defended Afghanistan's growing relations with India, describing them as "legitimate political and economic relations of a sovereign state", and questioned Pakistan's objections to Taliban leaders' visits to New Delhi.

On November 29, Kabul asserted that its forces are fully prepared to respond to any breaches of Afghanistan's territory, warning Pakistan that recent border tensions will be met with decisive actions, local media reported.

Taliban authorities recently displayed hundreds of newly-trained commandos as tensions escalated sharply with Pakistan along the border. During a ceremony attended by senior officials, Taliban Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghani Baradar asserted that Afghanistan would not tolerate any violations of its territory and is ready to counter any acts of aggression, according to Khaama Press.

According to the Taliban Defence Ministry, the new commando units are fully equipped with "ideological and military training" and are prepared to safeguard Afghanistan's borders.

Baradar cautioned neighboring countries against testing the limits of Afghan patience and advised them not to view Afghanistan's territory with malicious intent. During the ceremony, Taliban forces conducted helicopter maneuvers and ground tactics to showcase their operational readiness. The ministry confirmed that any foreign force attempting to breach Afghan soil would encounter a decisive response.

Last week, the Taliban regime vehemently condemned the Pakistani airstrikes in the Afghan provinces of Paktika, Khost, and Kunar, labeling them as violations of the country's sovereignty and contrary to all internationally recognized norms.

On November 25, the Afghan government reported that at least 10 civilians, including nine children, lost their lives due to Pakistani forces striking a residential area in Khost, while separate airstrikes in Kunar and Paktika resulted in injuries to four civilians.

Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the caretaker Afghan government, took to social media to emphasize that a necessary response would be forthcoming at an appropriate time.

He stated, "The airstrikes carried out last night by Pakistani forces in Afghanistan's Paktika, Khost, and Kunar provinces constitute a direct assault on Afghanistan's sovereignty and a clear breach of internationally recognized norms and principles by the Pakistani authorities."

He added, "These hostile actions by Pakistani forces achieve nothing; they only prove that operations driven by flawed intelligence inflame tensions and expose the ongoing failures of Pakistan's military regime."