Islamabad :
The Foreign Office has once again strongly condemned terrorists operating in Pakistan from Afghan soil and called on the Afghan government to secure the Pak-Afghan border area.
In response to media queries regarding recent incidents on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the Foreign Office spokesman said that in the last few days, Pak. There has been a significant increase in incidents on the Afghan border, with Pakistani security forces being targeted across the border.
A statement issued by the Foreign Office said that the terrorists were using Afghan territory for operations inside Pakistan. The Foreign Office said in a statement that Pakistan and Afghanistan have been working for the past several months through the relevant agencies for effective coordination and security along the long shared border.
“Unfortunately, banned terrorist groups, including the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), continue to attack Pakistani border security posts in the border area, resulting in the martyrdom of several Pakistani soldiers,” he said.
The statement said that on April 14, 2022, seven Pakistani soldiers were martyred by terrorists operating from Afghanistan in North Waziristan District. Strongly condemns once again, this Pak. It is detrimental to our efforts to maintain peace and stability on the Afghan border.
The Foreign Office statement said that Pakistan requests the sovereign government of Afghanistan to be clean. Secure the Afghan border area and take stern action against those involved in terrorist activities in Pakistan in the interest of peace and development of the two brotherly countries.
The spokesman said that Pakistan also sees this situation as an excellent opportunity to reaffirm Afghanistan’s respect for Afghanistan’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. Will continue to work with
It may be recalled that Pakistan had yesterday summoned the Afghan Foreign Office to protest the firing of terrorists from Afghanistan near the border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
This is the second time a Taliban diplomat has been summoned to Islamabad this month.
Earlier, Pakistan had summoned the Taliban’s deputy ambassador in Balochistan after a Pakistani helicopter caught fire near the Pakistani border.
According to an official, a bullet hit the helicopter, however, no one was injured in the firing.
A statement from the Foreign Office stated that “there have been two incidents of protests against the Afghan government.
The statement said that in the first incident, on April 14, Afghan border forces opened unprovoked fire on Pakistani army positions in Chitral district where the firing continued for five to six hours.
