Islamic Emirate’s response to Pakistani Foreign Minister’s statements; Kabul rejects Islamabad’s accusations
slamic Emirate’s response to Pakistani Foreign Minister’s remarks Kabul rejects Islamabad’s accusations
In response to Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar’s remarks about the presence of “terrorist” groups in Afghanistan, Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid emphasized that Islamabad should not attribute its security and internal problems to Afghanistan.
Rejecting Pakistani officials’ claims that armed groups are active in Afghanistan, Mujahid said that insecurity and security challenges in Pakistan are rooted in domestic issues and decades of developments in that country, and responsibility for them should not be placed on the shoulders of the caretaker Afghan government.
He added that the Islamic Emirate remains committed to its commitments and will not allow Afghan soil to be used against any other country. According to him, the Islamic Emirate government follows a policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries and has always tried to ensure that Afghan soil is not used to threaten the security of neighboring countries and the region.
The spokesman for the Islamic Emirate also once again rejected reports and claims about the presence of “terrorist” groups in Afghanistan, saying that such accusations are baseless and do not correspond to the realities in Afghanistan.
These statements come at a time when Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, at the meeting of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, called on the member states of the organization to pressure the Taliban government to fulfill its commitments in the field of combating “terrorism” and eliminating the sanctuaries of armed groups in Afghanistan.
In his speech, the Pakistani Foreign Minister claimed that security threats and attacks by armed groups based in Afghanistan are one of the most important challenges to Pakistan’s national security. He called on the international community and the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to cooperate more with Islamabad to confront what he called “cross-border terrorism.”
The verbal tension between Kabul and Islamabad over the issue of border security and the presence of armed groups has been repeated many times in recent years. Pakistani officials have always accused the Islamic Emirate government of providing sanctuary to some groups opposed to the Pakistani government; however, the Afghan government has rejected these accusations and emphasizes that Afghanistan’s security is secure and no individual or group is allowed to use its territory against other countries.
This is while the issue of border security and the fight against armed groups remains one of the most important areas of disagreement between Afghanistan and Pakistan and has been discussed many times in regional and international meetings.
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