ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan on Friday summoned the in command of the Afghan diplomatic mission in Islamabad to file a powerful protest over the current cross-border terrorist assault by a lot of terrorists in Chitral district, even because the overseas minister termed the Kelash assault as an “remoted incident” and mentioned it was not “sanctioned” by the Afghan Taliban.
On September 6, round 150 terrorists from the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) launched an assault within the Kelash space of the Chitral district.
The 2 border posts have been attacked by terrorists armed with the newest weapons. Nevertheless, Pakistani safety forces repelled the assault, leaving 12 terrorists killed. Throughout the combat, at the least 4 Pakistani troopers embraced martyrdom, based on the army’s media wing, Inter-Providers Public Relations (ISPR).
Opposite to stories doing rounds in social media, the Deputy Fee of Chitral on Friday dismissed stories of any hassle within the district. The senior official mentioned that the state of affairs was beneath management and there was nothing to fret about.
On Friday, the International Workplace (FO) summoned an Afghan diplomat and issued a powerful demarche, based on officers. The Afghan interim authorities was conveyed in categorical phrases that such assaults and using Afghan soil by the TTP could be detrimental to peace and safety.
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Nevertheless, International Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani apparently exonerated the Afghan Taliban authorities of its position. “It [Chitral incident] was an remoted incident and we don’t assume it had their [Afghan government] sanction,” Jilani advised reporters after attending the Senate Standing Committee on International Affairs.
Earlier talking on the weekly information briefing, FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch mentioned that Pakistan was involved at using Afghan soil towards Pakistan and mentioned these issues have been communicated to the Afghan authorities.
“Pakistan is worried in regards to the current incident that came about and the terrorist assault on army posts. We’re engaged with the interim authorities of Afghanistan. Now we have shared our issues on the subject of the terrorist menace towards Pakistan that emanates from Afghan soil. This dialogue will proceed,” she added.
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She additionally echoed the view of Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar, who just lately mentioned that the US-led overseas forces withdrawal left behind arms and ammunition that have been now being utilized by terrorists.
“We’re involved that the big quantity of weaponry that’s obtainable in Afghanistan and has now reached some terrorist entities as effectively, proceed to pose a menace to Pakistan, particularly when these terrorist entities assault Pakistani civilian and army targets,” the spokesperson mentioned.
“We don’t wish to assign blame on anybody however the state of affairs wants worldwide consideration. We hope all related events would perceive the accountability that they’ve on this respect,” she added.
The US on Wednesday mentioned that no army tools had been left behind by American forces in Afghanistan, in response to a query about stories that $7 billion value of weapons reportedly have been deserted within the war-torn nation when US forces withdrew in August 2011.
The feedback by John Kirby, US Nationwide Safety Council Coordinator for Strategic Communication, got here days after PM Kakar mentioned US army tools left behind throughout the American withdrawal from Afghanistan was now “rising as a brand new problem” for Islamabad because it had enhanced the combating capabilities of TTP.
“There was no tools left behind by American forces,” Kirby mentioned in response to a query at a press briefing.
“The tools that persons are saying the Individuals left behind, that was tools that was transferred effectively prematurely of our departure to the Afghan Nationwide Safety Forces. … as a result of that was a part of the mission that our troops have been concerned in Afghanistan to do within the first place, which was to coach up and to help Afghan nationwide safety forces as they took cost of safety of their nation.”
In the meantime, the FO spokesperson mentioned that Pakistan was in talks with the Afghan authorities relating to the closure of the Torkham border crossing.
The primary border crossing was shut on September 6 after clashes between the border safety forces of the 2 nations.