Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday urged the international community to persuade the Afghan Taliban government to ‘fulfill its international obligations and commitments’ and ‘control terrorist elements operating from its soil’.
He expressed these views while addressing an international forum held in Ashgabat, which was held in connection with the 30th anniversary of the permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan.
The Prime Minister said in his address: ‘We are steadfast in this journey of peace, but unfortunately the monster of terrorism is once again rearing its head and this time sadly from Afghan soil.’
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At the same time, he urged the international community to put pressure on the Afghan Taliban so that it “fulfills its international obligations and commitments and controls the terrorist elements operating from its territory.”
There has been tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan since the border clashes in October this year. Pakistan insists that outlawed TTP militants in Afghanistan carry out cross-border attacks, but Kabul denies this and maintains that it is an internal matter for Pakistan.
As a result of the border tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan, after negotiations first in Doha and then in Istanbul, although a ceasefire was agreed upon through the mediation of Qatar and Turkey, the tension between the two countries remains and the bilateral trade is at a standstill due to the closure of the borders.
Describing the ceasefire in Afghanistan as ‘critical’, the Prime Minister thanked the brotherly countries of Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Iran for their efforts in this regard, for making sincere efforts to achieve a permanent ceasefire.
Yesterday, Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaqi said in an event that Afghan territory should not be used against any other country and action will be taken against anyone who violates it.
Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi was actually endorsing a five-point resolution passed by hundreds of clerics on Wednesday, which emphasized support for the current system, defense of territorial integrity, prevention of Afghanistan’s territory being used against other countries, opposition to Afghan involvement in military activities abroad and unity among Muslims.
Amir Khan Muttaqi emphasized in his address that “the leadership of the Islamic Emirate will not allow anyone to be involved in military activities in other countries, so any Afghan who violates this directive, according to the scholars, the Islamic Emirate can take action against him.”
Although Amir Khan Muttaqi did not name any country, it is generally believed that the neighboring country of Pakistan is meant here.
In its response to the Afghan clerics’ resolution during the weekly briefing on Thursday, Pakistan’s Foreign Office said that Afghanistan has made such promises in the past as well.
A spokesman for the Foreign Office said: ‘We will look at the Afghan cleric’s statement to evaluate it, but we will still seek written assurances from the Afghan leadership.’
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