ISLAMABAD – Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr. Muhammad Faisal says Pakistan,Iran, and Russia have raised concerns about the growing presence of Daeshelements in Afghanistan and its implications for security and stability ofthe country.

In his weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, he said Pakistanactively participated in second Kabul meeting in pursuance of its policy totake part in all multilateral forums geared towards peace and stability inAfghanistan.

The foreign office spokesperson said that Pakistan is committed to anAfghan-led and Afghan-owned resolution of Afghan crisis for regional peaceand stability.

He said during the meeting Pakistan, Iran, and Russia raised concerns onthe growing presence of Daesh elements in Afghanistan and its implicationsfor security and stability of the country.

Dr Faisal said peace and stability in Afghanistan is a shared objective forboth Pakistan and US and Pakistan is extending all-out cooperation toachieve this end, visit of Foreign Secretary to the US is part of thecontinued engagement with the United States and is reflective of our commondesire to work together to achieve peace and stability in Afghanistan, headded.

About India, the spokesperson said Pakistan has actively raised the issueof Indian ceasefire violations along LoC and Indian Deputy HighCommissioner J.P. Singh was summoned to the foreign office to protest overthe shelling and killing of innocent civilians.

He said despite calls for restraint, India continues to indulge inceasefire violations. In 2018, the Indian forces have carried out more than400 ceasefire violations along the Line of Control and the WorkingBoundary, resulting in the martyrdom of 18 innocent civilians and injuriesto 68 others.

Amnesty International (AI) in its Annual Report of 2017-18 has highlightedthe impunity enjoyed by the Indian forces for human rights abuses in theIndian occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the spokesperson added.

He said despite India’s uncooperative attitude, Pakistan has continued towork for improved treatment of prisoners as a humanitarian gestureincluding suggesting the exchange of prisoners above 60 years of age andchild prisoners, below 18 years of age.