News Desk
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Tuesday said there would be no talks with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or any other terrorist group.
Talking about the National Security Committee (NSC) meeting, in an interview, Rana Sanaullah said Pakistan has decided to share evidence with the Afghanistan government as Afghanistan-based terrorists are involved in terror activities in Pakistan.
The interior minister said that the Afghanistan government had promised that its soil would not be used against any country, and the Taliban government would be asked to fulfill that promise.
He said that it had been decided in the NSC meeting that there would be no talks with any terrorist organization, including TTP.
No more talks with TTP
Rana Sanaullah said that during the NSC meeting, the COAS had categorically stated that mixed narratives should not be given on the matter of talks with terrorists; the narrative should be straightforward that there would be no talks with any terrorists.
The interior minister said that COAS General Asim Munir made this point in the meeting straightforwardly with evidence.
He reiterated that international laws allow action in case of aggression in self-defense.
The interior minister said that talks would be held with the Afghan government. He maintained that no Pakistani territory is under the control of any terror group.
Meanwhile, Afghan Taliban chief spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid said that the Afghan government desired good relations with all its neighbouring countries, including Pakistan, and believed in all the resources and means to help them achieve the goal.
His statement came a day after Pakistan’s NSC asked the government in Kabul not to provide sanctuaries to Pakistani terrorist groups on its soil.
