Pakistan ought to resolve its home issues by itself: Taliban

ANKARA 

Pakistan should resolve its inside issues by itself and never blame Afghanistan for its failures, a Taliban spokesman mentioned Wednesday, responding to Islamabad’s costs that militants assaults in Pakistan have surged manifold because the Taliban reclaimed energy in Afghanistan roughly two years in the past.

“The Islamic Emirate doesn’t enable anybody to make use of the territory of Afghanistan towards Pakistan. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan will not be answerable for sustaining peace in Pakistan,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid mentioned in a press release.

“Since insecurity has elevated in Pakistan after the victory of the Islamic Emirate, it doesn’t imply that we’re behind the insecurity in Pakistan. Weapons are protected in Afghanistan. They aren’t stolen. Arms smuggling is prohibited and all unlawful actions are prevented,” the assertion mentioned.

Mujahid mentioned Afghanistan desires good relations with Pakistan and doesn’t wish to intervene within the affairs of different international locations.

Earlier within the day, Pakistan’s interim Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar accused the interim Afghan administration of offering help to the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan (TTP), which he claimed is utilizing Afghan soil to plot cross-border assaults towards Pakistan.

“Over the past two years when the Afghan Taliban returned to energy, terrorist assaults have elevated by 60%, whereas suicide assaults elevated by 500% in Pakistan,” Kakar mentioned.

He added that 2,267 Pakistanis misplaced their lives in these assaults.

“We shared all the small print with the Afghan interim authorities, however they didn’t take motion towards TTP terrorists who’re residing in Afghanistan and utilizing that soil towards us,” Kakar mentioned.

The TTP is a conglomeration of a number of Pakistani militant teams that Islamabad claims are at present inside Afghanistan.

The US in the meantime has mentioned that “no gear was left behind by American forces throughout the Afghanistan withdrawal” that might be utilized by terrorists to focus on Pakistan.

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