Pakistan's foreign ministry says terrorists are using Afghan territory for operations inside Pakistan, and in the past few months Pakistan has repeatedly asked the Afghan Taliban government to secure the Pak-Afghan border area.
The statement issued by Pakistan's foreign ministry on Sunday came after the Taliban government accused Pakistani military jets of bombing parts of Afghanistan's Kunar province and Khost province.
Earlier, the Defense Ministry of the Taliban government in Afghanistan had alleged that Pakistani military jets shelled parts of Kunar and Khost provinces of Afghanistan on Saturday morning, causing heavy casualties.
In a statement, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry expressed grave concern over the increasing number of incidents targeting Pakistani security forces from Afghanistan. Around Afghans are using the territory for operations in Pakistan. However, Pakistan respects Afghanistan's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity
What else was added to the Foreign Office statement?
According to a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, other terrorist groups, including the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), have been attacking security checkpoints on the Pakistani border and several Pakistani soldiers have been "martyred" in these attacks.
On April 14, terrorists from Afghanistan martyred seven Pakistani soldiers in North Waziristan.
The statement also said that Pakistan strongly condemns the use of Afghan soil for terrorism, which is detrimental to Pakistan's efforts to maintain peace and stability on the Afghan border.
The statement demanded that Afghanistan take action against those involved in terrorist activities in Pakistan and that Pakistan secure the Afghan border area.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman also said that Pakistan respects Afghanistan's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity and will continue to work with the Afghan government to strengthen bilateral relations in all areas.
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| Apart from Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, Taliban Deputy Defense Minister Alhaj Mullah Shereen Akhund also attended the meeting with the Pakistani Ambassador. |
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The Afghan Foreign Ministry said in a statement that "Afghan authorities strongly condemned the recent attacks by Pakistani forces in parts of Khost and Kunar and demanded that no more such attacks be carried out."
The Taliban said they had told the Pakistani ambassador that "all military violations, including in Khost and Kunar, must be stopped and that such incidents could lead to tensions between the two countries." Which, of course, made the video an overnight sensation.
The statement further said that besides Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, Taliban Deputy Defense Minister Alhaj Mullah Shereen Akhund also attended the meeting with the Pakistani Ambassador.
Sources at the Afghan embassy in Islamabad told that Pakistani authorities had sent a letter to the Afghan ambassador after the attack on Pakistani security forces in Waziristan the previous day. They came from Afghanistan.
According to sources, the letter was sent to Kabul and a committee was formed to investigate the matter, but unfortunately before the investigation, Pakistani planes bombed Khost and Kantar last night.
Echoes of attacks in Pakistan's National Assembly
Mohsin Dawar, a member of the National Assembly from North Waziristan, told the National Assembly that jets had bombed the Pak-Afghan border area last night and that the incident should be investigated.
He said that there are also IDPs from Pakistan in this part of Afghanistan. He criticized the previous government, saying that nothing had been done to bring them back. Ali Wazir, a member of the National Assembly from South Waziristan, who was attending the assembly session on a production order from the speaker, also spoke on the subject.
Ali Wazir said that Pakistani jets bombed but it was not known how many people were killed. On this occasion also Mohsin Dawar said loudly that more than forty people have been killed.
Later, Mohsin Dawar said that people displaced from Pakistan's border areas with Afghanistan are living in this area tomorrow.
He also shared some videos in which some people were injured and apparently they are in a hospital and they have been bandaged. However, independent sources could not confirm when and where these videos came from.
A video was also shared in which the bodies of many people are present in one place, including old, young and children.
In one video, a wounded man with a bandage on his head says it was two or three o'clock at night and we were asleep.
The injured man said 20 to 30 people were killed and some were taken away.
Where did the attacks take place?
Local sources in Khost told that the attacks took place in four villages in the Spera district on Saturday morning, killing at least 40 members of several families, but independent sources could not confirm the deaths.
According to sources, four members of the same family were killed in the attack. Five to six members of two other families were killed, including women and children.
The area is said to be inhabited by families displaced by the military operation in Pakistan's border region of Waziristan.
The Khost provincial administration also confirmed the attacks but did not provide further details.
Sources in Khost said that there were clashes between the Taliban and Pakistani forces after the air strikes, which resulted in casualties.
Meanwhile, reports from the eastern province of Kunar have claimed that locals were killed and injured in an airstrike in Chapri Taga area of Shalan district.
A provincial Taliban official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told that "a woman and three children were killed and one was injured in the attack."
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