Pakistan urges Taliban to prevent terrorists from using Afghan soil

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Updated: August 02, 2023 08:34 IS

Islamabad (Pakistan), August 2 (ANI): Pakistanon Tuesday, urged the taliban take action against the use of afghan soil by terrorists, Dawn reported.
dawn is a Pakistani Newspaper in English.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharifduring a visit to Peshawar, where he met with citizens injured in an explosion in Bajaur on Sunday, he said: “The taliban It must take concrete measures to deny the use of its land for transnational terrorism”.
It also expressed concern about the “involvement of Afghan citizens in suicide bombings and the freedom of action available to elements hostile to Pakistan in planning and executing such dastardly attacks on innocent civilians from sanctuaries across the border,” according to Dawn.

Sunday’s explosion was the result of a suicide attack and vandalized a Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl convention in Bajaur‘s Khar, leaving 54 dead and more than 80 wounded. The outlawed group Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) has claimed responsibility for the attack.
During his visit to Peshawar, Prime Minister Shehbaz was briefed on the overall security situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with a focus on Sunday’s explosion and the status of the investigation into the incident.
He was also informed of the counterterrorism efforts being made to “dismantle the terrorist network by disrupting the links between planners, implementers and accomplices.”
The Prime Minister was also accompanied by Pakistan Chief of the Army General Staff (COAS), General Syed Asim Munir.
After the briefing, the PM thanked the emergency efforts made by the army in evacuating the injured personnel from Khar to Peshawar. (ME TOO)