*ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi sternly responded toAfghan President Ashraf Ghani, calling his statements, regarding KhyberPakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, as ‘gross interference.’*
In a series of tweets on Thursday, President Ashraf Ghani wrote thatthe Afghan government has “serious concerns about the violence perpetratedagainst peaceful protesters and civil activists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa andBalochistan.”
To which, the Pakistani foreign minister retorted, “We reject the tweet byPresident Ashraf Ghani. Such irresponsible statements are only grossinterference.”
Further schooling President Ghani, FM Qureshi wrote, “Afghan leadershipneeds to focus on long-standing serious grievances of the Afghan people.”
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In another tweet, Ghani said, “We believe it is the moral responsibility ofevery government to support civil activities that take a stand against theterrorism and extremism that plagues and threatens our region andcollective security. Otherwise there could be long-standing negativeconsequences.”
It is worth mentioning that Pakistan has been playing a vital rolein bringing the United States and the Taliban to a negotiation table inorder to conclude 17-year long Afghan conflict.
