Islamabad handed over a dossier to Afghan Embassy

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday has handed over a dossier to the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Islamabad.

The dossier contains evidence of the involvement of Afghanistan based TTP in the suicide bombing at a Pak Army unit in Swat and the presence of TTP, JuA and other terrorist groups’ hideouts in Afghan territory, said a statement issued by foreign office here.

The Afghan side was asked to take effective action against terrorist hideouts from where they have been financing, planning and undertaking cross border terrorist attacks on Pakistani military posts, cities and towns.

During his weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, Dr Muhammad Faisal said Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will visit Afghanistan soon as part of continuous engagement for peace in that country.

He said Afghan President Ashraf Ghani invited the Prime Minister during National Security Adviser Nasser Khan Janjua`s recent visit to Afghanistan.

The spokesperson said US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Alice Wells is in Islamabad for talks with senior officials as part of the positive engagement between the two countries for finding out common grounds on various issues including countering terrorism, FATF and Afghan problem.

He said the two sides have been holding high level talks since US President Trump`s south Asia Policy.

Faisal said Pakistan has been consistently emphasizing on an Afghan-led Afghan-owned dialogue process for peace in that country.

To a question, he said Pakistan has been expressing serious concerns over the presence of terrorist sanctuaries in Afghanistan along the Pakistani border.

He said the issue has been raised with the Afghan Government as well as the Resolute Support Mission there. To a question about the presence of Daesh in the region, the Spokesperson said Daesh’s concentration along the Afghan borders with Central Asian Republics, Iran and other countries alarms Pakistan due to its implications not only for Afghanistan, but the whole region and its security.