ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Friday said the weapons left in Afghanistan during the US withdrawal require global attention as they had “fallen in the hands of Afghan terrorists”.
The statement came by the foreign office during a weekly media briefing. Commenting on the recent clashes along the Pak-Afghan border, the Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch stated that Pakistan’s security agencies were determined to rid the country of terrorism.
She said Pakistan has conveyed its concerns to the interim Afghan government about the recent incident along the border.
Baloch said the issue of terrorist attacks from Afghanistan has been raised with the Afghan authorities. “We do not blame anyone but the weapons left in Afghanistan require global attention since they have fallen in the hands of terrorist groups now,” she pleaded.
Commenting on the Commonwealth London conference, she said Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani will preside over the Commonwealth Youth Ministerial Conference in London from September 12 to 15 to meet the leaders from various countries.
Commenting on the continuous human rights violations in Illegally-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, she said international human rights organisations have written letters to inform G20 countries of the restrictions on freedom of expression and atrocities in the illegally-occupied Kashmir.
She advised that the Indian government should focus on the challenges faced by its own people, and refrain from passing unnecessary comments on Pakistan.
When asked about Pakistan’s economic situation, Baloch abstained from commenting.
Torkham border clash
The Torkham crossing on the Pak-Afghan border remained closed for the second day Thursday after clashes between security forces of both the countries.
A gun battle erupted between Pakistan and Afghan border forces last year with each side blaming the other for starting the firefight that shut their busiest trade crossing.
