ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Friday strongly rejected accusations ofPakistan supporting the Afghan Taliban and Haqqani network, and said thecountry will not allow its land to be used against any of its neighbours.
In the weekly press briefing, Foreign Office spokesperson Dr MohammadFaisal said Pakistan strongly rejects accusations of supporting the AfghanTaliban and the Haqqani network and opposes terrorism in any shape and form.
Pakistan has been rendering continuous sacrifices for the cause of globalpeace.
It will not allow its land to be used against any of its neighbouringcountries, and it expects the same from its neighbours, said thespokesperson.
The FO spokesperson reiterated that focus should be on eliminating safehavens of the TTP, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar in Afghanistan.
Pakistan has constructed 975 posts along its border with Afghanistan, whileAfghanistan has built nearly 200 posts only, said Faisal.470 attacks were carried out in Pakistan from Afghanistan, he said.
The spokesperson noted that the 27 suspects handed over to Afghanauthorities recently were in connection to the Afghan Taliban and Haqqaninetwork.
We want a solution to the Afghan issue in accordance with the wishes of theAfghan public, the spokesperson said, adding that Pakistan wants immediateand dignified return of Afghan refugees to their country.
Pakistan’s foreign policy is in accordance with the wishes of its peopleand national interests, he said.
The Foreign Office briefing comes in the wake of a high-level Afghandelegation visit to Pakistan earlier this week, during which the Afghaninterior minister and the chief of National Directorate of Security metwith Prime Minister Shahid Khan Abbasi.
Shedding light on the meeting, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif had saidPakistan “stands with its Afghan brothers in this hour of grief,” referringto the recent spate of bomb-and-gun attacks in Kabul over the past monthwhich have claimed nearly 200 lives.
The Foreign Office, in its briefing, also said that a Pakistanipeacekeeper, Naik Naeem Raza, deployed with the United Nationsstabilisation mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) wasmartyred, while another Pakistani peacekeeper was wounded in an ambush.