Pakistan Calls on Taliban to Stop 'Attacks' from inside Afghanistan

Pakistan has urged the Taliban government in Kabul to "take stern measures" against attacks against Pakistan originating from within Afghanistan.

The statement issued by Islamabad on Sunday comes a day after six Afghans were allegedly killed by claimed Pakistani military rocket attacks.

"Pakistan strongly condemns terrorists operating with impunity from Afghan land to carry out actions in Pakistan," the foreign ministry stated.

"Pakistan urges that Afghanistan's sovereign government protect the Pak-Afghan Border region and take strong action against anyone participating in terrorist activities in Pakistan."

Five children and a mother were killed in claimed rocket attacks in Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar on Saturday, which Afghan officials blamed on the Pakistani military.

While the Pakistani military has not confirmed responsibility for the strike, Islamabad has stated that it is constantly subjected to "terrorist" attacks from across the border.

"Terrorists operating from Afghanistan" killed seven Pakistani soldiers in the North Waziristan province on Thursday, according to the foreign ministry.

"Unfortunately, elements of banned terrorist organisations in the border region, notably TTP (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan), have continued to strike Pakistan's border security installations, killing multiple Pakistani soldiers."