ISLAMABAD: Spokesperson of the Foreign Office says that no evidence was found that Pakistan’s airspace was used in the Ayman al-Zawahiri operation.
Foreign Office Spokesman Asim Iftikhar during the weekly media briefing strongly denied that Pakistan’s airspace was used in the operation against Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri.
He said that Pakistan does not have any details regarding the visit of the US ambassador to the Pak-Afghan border. On the other hand, according to foreign media, the US drone that killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul was probably shot down by one of Kyrgyzstan. It was launched from the airbase. The attack was carried out from Gansi Air Base, a US transit facility in Manas in northern Kyrgyzstan.
According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Gansi is a former U.S. military base near Bishkek International Airport in Kyrgyzstan, which was operated by the U.S. Air Force and handed over to the Kyrgyz military in June 2014. However, the US administration is still refusing to say where the drone took off from and what route it took. Killed in an over-the-horizon operation in the center, where he was staying as a guest of the Taliban.
The statement added that at 6:18 a.m. Kabul time on Sunday, two Helifires missiles hit the house in a precise, counter-terrorism operation. America’s largest radio news network pointed out that US officials are not saying where they launched the drone, but the US no longer has a military base in the area, suggesting that The aircraft must have traveled a long distance before reaching its destination.
