ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday warned the “Taliban regime” that “any further provocations would be met with an unwavering and befitting response” after a swift and effective retaliatory action by the armed forces eliminated more than 200 Afghan Taliban and the associated terrorists.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the statement as the ISPR — military’s media wing — earlier in the day said “Pakistan will continue to exercise its right to defend its people by persistent neutralization of terror targets,” if it fails to act against the terrorists organisations operating from Afghanistan.
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“Pakistan is deeply concerned at the unwarranted aggression by the Afghan Taliban, Fitna al-Khawarij and Fitna al-Hindustan along the Pak-Afghan border,” read a statement.
The Foreign Office added, “Such unprovoked actions aimed at destabilising the Pak-Afghan border belie the overall spirit of peaceful neighbourhood and cooperative relations between the two brotherly countries.”
Separately, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Sunday said the situation with Afghanistan have reached a point where the Afghan nationals living in Pakistan would now have to return to their country.
It’s a developing story. Details to follow.