Afghanistan's Taliban have mocked Pakistan by sharing a picture of the country's military surrender to the Mukti Bahini and Indian forces in Dhaka in 1971.
In a twitter post on Monday, Taliban leader Ahmad Yasir warned that Pakistan would face the same “shameful” fate if it launched a military assault on Afghanistan.
He also asked Islamabad to avoid "disgrace" following Pakistani Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah's remark hinting at a possible military operation against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) hideouts in Afghanistan.
د پاکستان داخله وزیر ته !
— Ahmad Yasir (@AhmadYasir711) January 2, 2023
عالي جنابه! افغانستان سوريه او پاکستان ترکیه نده چې کردان په سوریه کې په نښه کړي.
دا افغانستان دى د مغرورو امپراتوريو هديره.
په مونږ دنظامي يرغل سوچ مه کړه کنه دهند سره دکړې نظامي معاهدې د شرم تکرار به وي داخاوره مالک لري هغه چې ستا بادار يې په ګونډو کړ. pic.twitter.com/FFu8DyBgio
“Interior Minister of Pakistan! Excellent Sir! Afghanistan, Syria and Pakistan are not Turkey to target the Kurds in Syria. This is Afghanistan, the graveyard of proud empires. Do not think of a military attack on us; otherwise, there will be a shameful repetition of the military agreement with India," Ahmad Yasir tweeted.
The picture shared by the Afghan Taliban leader from December 16, 1971 shows then-Pakistan army's Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, chief martial law administrator of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), signing an Instrument of Surrender in Dhaka in the presence of senior officers of Bangladeshi and Indian and militaries.
The warning by the Afghan Taliban came in response to a statement by Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah a few days ago in which he said the Pakistan Army had the right to act against TTP hideouts in Afghanistan.
"When these problems arise, we first ask Afghanistan, our Islamic brother nation, to eliminate these hideouts and handover these individuals to us, but if that doesn't happen, what you mentioned is possible," Rana Sanaullah said at the time.
In response to this, the Taliban also stated that they would not allow anyone to attack Afghanistan.