Pakistan, Oct. 27 -- The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday rejected allegations by the Afghan Taliban government regarding civilian casualties during Pakistan's counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan, saying Islamabad had exercised restraint and ensured its response remained proportionate to the threat.

In a statement, the FO dismissed the allegations as "baseless and unsubstantiated", rejecting claims of civilian casualties attributed to Pakistan's counterterrorism campaign in the neighbouring country.

"Disinformation and misleading narratives will neither obscure the threat posed by the terrorist networks operating from Afghan territory nor absolve the Afghan Taliban regime of its responsibility to prevent Afghan soil from being used ...