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Asim Munir warned Afghanistan to act against terrorists using its soil after Pakistan’s air strikes, amid rising tensions and talks in Doha over Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan attacks.
Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir (Photo: AP)
Army chief Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir on Saturday warned Afghanistan to choose between ‘peace and chaos’ as he asked Kabul to take firm and immediate action against terrorists using Afghan soil to launch attacks inside Pakistan.
His statement came amidst Pakistan launching fresh air strikes targeting terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan late Friday, hours after Islamabad and Kabul extended their two-day ceasefire that had temporarily halted hostilities between the two sides.
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) said, “Choose between peace and chaos,” referring to Afghanistan while addressing a graduation ceremony of passing out army cadets at the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Kakul at Abbottabad in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
He said that the Taliban regime should act decisively against militants operating from its soil for terrorist activities in Pakistan. All proxies using Afghan soil would be met with a response to ‘raise them to dust,’ Munir warned.
Friday’s strikes by Pakistan followed a gun-and-bomb attack by terrorists at a military installation in North Waziristan, claimed by the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The fresh strikes came as representatives from both countries prepared to meet in Doha, where the Qatari government is expected to push for mediation.
Islamabad has consistently urged the Taliban government to prevent terrorist groups from using Afghan territory for cross-border attacks. Kabul, however, denies these allegations, insisting that Afghan soil is not being used against any neighboring country.
Tensions between the two neighbors escalated after repeated terrorist attacks by the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), allegedly launched from Afghan soil, including a recent strike in Orakzai district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that killed 11 military personnel, among them a Lieutenant Colonel and a Major.
(With inputs from PTI)
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