{"id":34461,"date":"2025-10-30T00:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T00:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/2025\/10\/30\/will-obliterate-afghan-taliban-push-them-back-to-caves-pakistan\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T00:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T00:05:07","slug":"will-obliterate-afghan-taliban-push-them-back-to-caves-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/2025\/10\/30\/will-obliterate-afghan-taliban-push-them-back-to-caves-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Will obliterate Afghan Taliban &#038; push them back to caves: Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix\">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-124925972,imgsize-418497,width-400,resizemode-4\/khawaja-asif.jpg\" alt=\"Will obliterate Afghan Taliban &amp; push them back to caves: Pakistan\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Islamabad: Pakistan&#8217;s defence minister <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/khawaja-asif\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Khawaja Asif<\/a> Wednesday threatened to &#8220;obliterate&#8221; the Afghan Taliban and push them back to the caves in case of any future <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/terror-attack\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">terror attack<\/a> in his country, as relations between the two neighbouring nations hit rock bottom after peace talks failed. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Asif issued the warning on social media soon after the four-day peace negotiations in Istanbul failed to yield any result regarding Pakistan&#8217;s main demand that the Taliban should take action against militants using Afghanistan&#8217;s soil for militancy in Pakistan. 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