MIRAMSHAH – Pakistani military hopes that after the restoration of peace,the Kabul administration would act against the groups using the Afghan soilas a springboard for launching attacks in Pakistan.
Pakistani security officials have long said that the outlawed terroristgroups – especially the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and the Khorasanfranchise of Islamic State, also known by its Arabic acronym Da’ish –orchestrate and mount attacks in Pakistan from their sanctuaries inAfghanistan’s border regions.
Most deadly terrorist attacks in Pakistan have been traced to easternAfghanistan, where the TTP and Da’ish maintain safe havens in the areaswhere Kabul has no writ.
“We hope that after the war ends [as a result of the ongoing reconciliationprocess] Afghanistan will be able to focus on groups like the TTP andDa’ish, which carry out attacks in Pakistan. Afghanistan should then focuson eliminating these threats to Pakistan,” the chief military spokesperson,Major General Asif Ghafoor, said in an exclusive interview with *TheExpress Tribune* on Sunday.
He said Pakistan wished for the success of the reconciliation process.“Pakistan is relatively peaceful but if your neighbourhood is disturbed, itwill have an impact on you,” said Maj-Gen Ghafoor, the director general ofthe Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
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Before the fence had been erected, terrorist groups used to take advantageof the porous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan and sneaked in tocarry out attacks on Pakistani border posts and villages, he said.
“Our area is under control now but the Afghans don’t have control on theirside, which is why the Chief of Army Ataff (COAS) came up with the idea offencing the border,” the military spokesperson said. “The fence has made itdifficult for terrorists to cross the border. It has stopped cross-borderterrorism and physical attacks are coming to an end.
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