Pakistan has once again made the assertion that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was using Afghan territory against it.
The neighboring country’s interior minister has claimed in a media conference late on last week that the TTP is attacking the country using Afghanistan soil.
This is not the first time, the accusations are made against Afghanistan, particularly, after the takeover of the country by the Islamic Emirate, Islamabad has always made the claim that Afghanistan was harboring anti-Pakistan militant groups inside its territory.
As Pakistan is believed to enjoy one of the world’s most powerful intelligence networks and claimed that the TTP’s large destructive group has all its equipment and nearly 5,000 fighters in Afghanistan, then it should provide clear evidence.
On the other hand, why Afghanistan, under the new-system, should be a threat to other countries, in particular to its neighbors, while it has fought for decades to restore peace for a nation, that long suffered the absence of security, under the so-called republic systems which had no control even in most part of the capital.
Kabul has time and again assured Islamabad that Afghanistan’s soil would never be used against any other countries, particularly the neighbors, and that there is no evidence in this field, but it’s not clear why the neighboring country is still blaming Afghanistan over any insecurity in its soil.
Pakistan has a wide shared border with Afghanistan. It has commonalities in religion and culture, even tradition with our country. Pakistan has long been a shelter and safe haven for millions of Afghans, during the invasion of the former Soviet Union.
As a close neighbor sharing wide border with Afghanistan and enjoying common religion and culture with the Afghan nation, Pakistan should be confident that Afghanistan will never move toward militancy against its neighbors.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) wants to reaffirm its commitment that it would take any possible step to prevent any activities threatening security of the neighbors and the region.
Both nations have now realized that preventing malicious activities is good for the two countries, and this is why the Islamic Emirate promised not only the neighbors and the region but the whole world that Afghanistan would never be used as a threat to other nations.
This is in the interest of both Afghanistan and Pakistan to step up jointly against any measures felt by militant groups.
Also, Pakistan should conduct anti-militancy measures anywhere inside its soil and crack down on any anti-security elements inside its own territory.
Both the Islamic Emirate and the Afghan people are deeply saddened by what recently happened near the Pakistani embassy by Kabul that resulted in the critical injury of one of its security guards, after attempt on the life of the head of the diplomatic mission failed.
This indicates that such militant groups recognize no border and should jointly be suppressed and eliminated, everywhere in both countries’ territories.
TTP has no hideout in Afghanistan, track it down inside Pakistan
