INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pakistans Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has claimed that terrorism is being exported from Afghanistan into Pakistan
In a meeting held in response to recent Indian accusations regarding Islamabads role in a deadly attack in Kashmir, he stated that many
terrorist attacks on Pakistani soil originate from Afghanistan and are accompanied by clear Indian footprints.
Terrorism is being exported
to Pakistan, and everything that originates from Afghanistan or happens in Balochistan clearly bears Indias fingerprints, said Asif.
He
emphasized that Pakistan is prepared to defend itself against any external threat, including terrorism.
He also claimed that Pakistan has
been on the front lines of the fight against terrorism for years.
However, following this meeting, Asif admitted in an interview with a
British media outlet that successive Pakistani governments have supported terrorist groups over the past three decades.
Following a deadly
attack on tourists in the Pahalgam region of Indian-administered Kashmir, 26 tourists were killed and 17 others injured.
Meanwhile, experts
believe that Afghanistans interests should be kept away from regional conflicts, and that the Islamic Emirate should not allow Afghanistan
to become a battleground for a proxy war between India and Pakistan.
So far, the Islamic Emirate has not commented on Khawaja Asifs remarks,
but it had previously linked insecurity in Pakistan to internal issues within that country.
IEA has repeatedly emphasized that it will not
allow Afghanistans soil to be used against any other country.
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