KABUL: Pakistan Afghanistan bilateral ties have reached once again to their lowest ebb following which Pakistan Army has closed the Durand Line.
Pakistan Army has also destroyed the Jamaat ul Ahraar and TTP 12 dens inside Afghanistan through artillery shelling.
Afghanistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs had earlier also complained about the intrusion of Pakistan Armed Forces Helicopters inside Afghanistan.
Following which Pakistan Ambassador in Kabul was summoned in the Foreign Office and protest was lodged against the Pakistan Army incursions.
In a recent development Ambassador of Pakistan Syed Abrar Hussain was invited through Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a meeting with General Murad Ali Murad, Deputy Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Defence on February 27, 2017.”
The Afghan General had invited Pakistan Ambassador on the issue of border closing and the current escalation on the Durand Lines.
Pakistan had closed the border with Afghanistan minutes after the suicide attack on Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sindh’s Sehwan town on February 17.
“During the meeting, General Murad requested for de-escalation at the border and re-opening of the crossing points between the two countries,” the statement said.
“Highlighting the sufferings of people due to closure of the border and cross-border shelling from Pakistan, he sought reduction in tensions,” the FO statement said, adding that the Afghan general also “promised to take action against terrorists on the basis of shared information.”
Following the attacks, Pakistan Army also destroyed nearly a dozen training camps and hideouts of Afghan-based terrorist groups.
Accompanied by Defence Attaché Brig Farooq Zaman, Ambassador Hussain, in his response, briefed on the circumstances behind actions taken by Pakistan.
“He stated that Afghan nationals were involved in recent attacks in Pakistan and stressed that Afghanistan should take appropriate measures for denying use of its soil by terrorists against Pakistan.”
The ambassador also informed that the border was closed to prevent crossing by terrorists.
He stressed the need for efforts by both the countries to strengthen border management, and promised to convey the Afghan request to Islamabad.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan ambassador in Islamabad DrOmar Zakhilwal also urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to reopen the border with Afghanistan.
Earlier on such request Pakistan Army had refused to open the border with Afghanistan as Pakistan is confident that all terrorist activity in Pakistan is being carried out from Afghanistan.
The nexus of NDS-RAW in Afghanistan is sponsoring, funding and sending terrorists in Pakistan through porous Af-Pak border.