Pak Army strikes inside Afghanistan: US official reaction comes
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ISLAMABAD : United States has reacted over the issue of the Pakistan Army strikes inside Afghanistan to eradicate the terrorist dens that are operating from Afghanistan inside Pakistan.
The United States has told Pakistan that any action inside Afghanistan against the terrorists must be mutually agreed upon between the two neighbours, The Nation has learnt.
Senior officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday said that Washington wanted Kabul and Islamabad to agree on the extent of the action, so that it did not explode into military confrontation.
For the last two days, Pakistani forces have been striking Jamaatul Ahrar (JuA) hideouts along the Pak-Afghan border.
Dozens of the JuA centres have been destroyed in the action on both sides of the border. Several militants have also been killed by the forces.
After the attack on the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa contacted the top US commander in Afghanistan General John Nicholson to discuss the destruction caused in Pakistan by Afghanistan-based terrorists. General Bajwa “expressed his concerns over continued acts of terrorism in Pakistan with impunity from Afghanistan.”
After Bajwa’s telephonic contact, the military launched an operation along the border targeting the militant hideouts.
Earlier, Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz telephoned Afghan National Security Adviser Hanif Atmar seeking action against the terrorists hiding along the border. The Afghan embassy diplomats were also summoned separately by the foreign ministry and the army.
They were asked to hand over 76 wanted terrorists to Pakistan.
Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossings at Torkham and Chaman have also been closed amid the tension.
