Pakistan’s defense minister vows to strike terror dens on Afghan soil
Strike has been ruled out by experts, who say it would destabilize regional peace
By ARSHAD MEHMOOD / THE MEDIA LINE
[Islamabad] Pakistan has once again warned the Afghan Taliban that it will strike terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan if Kabul’s de facto rulers cannot rein in anti-Pakistan militias. In his latest interview with Voice of America, Pakistan Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said Pakistan would respond to the terrorists.
According to Asif, during his last visit to Kabul in February, he had convinced the Taliban leaders that they must prevent Afghan soil from being used by terrorists for planning and executing attacks on Pakistan, or Pakistan would take action. “If this is not done, at some point we will have to take some steps,” he said. “Terrorists in Afghanistan willhave to be targeted because we [Pakistan] cannot tolerate this situation for long.”
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Strike has been ruled out by experts, who say it would destabilize regional peace
By ARSHAD MEHMOOD / THE MEDIA LINE
[Islamabad] Pakistan has once again warned the Afghan Taliban that it will strike terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan if Kabul’s de facto rulers cannot rein in anti-Pakistan militias. In his latest interview with Voice of America, Pakistan Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said Pakistan would respond to the terrorists.
According to Asif, during his last visit to Kabul in February, he had convinced the Taliban leaders that they must prevent Afghan soil from being used by terrorists for planning and executing attacks on Pakistan, or Pakistan would take action. “If this is not done, at some point we will have to take some steps,” he said. “Terrorists in Afghanistan willhave to be targeted because we [Pakistan] cannot tolerate this situation for long.”
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