RAWALPINDI — Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG)Major General Babar Iftikhar said on Monday that Pakistan was in touch withthe Taliban in order to safeguard its interests.
Talking to a news channel, the ISPR DG said there was no reason to doubtthe intentions of the Taliban and border management was being improved.
“We will soon secure our border. We have completed 90 percent of fencing atthe Pak-Afghan border despite difficulties,” he said, adding that Talibanhave reiterated multiple times that Afghan soil would not be used againstany country.
Speaking about fake news being propagated by the Indian media, Iftikharsaid that Indian channels promoted fake news, which became a source ofridicule for them at international platforms.
“There are even some Indian journalists who have condemned fake newspropagated by their local media outlets,” he said.
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The ISPR chief said in a presser soon after the Taliban takeover of Kabulthat Pakistan reached out to assist the Afghan government on a number ofoccasions. It also offered them military help with training because peacein Afghanistan was directly linked to peace in Pakistan, he said.
Iftikhar said the Pakistani military top brass called on the Afghangovernment about seven times.
“Our army chief visited Afghanistan four times and we even offered them anintelligence-sharing deal but Afghanistan preferred to train thousands ofits troops from the Indian Army,” the ISPR DG said.
