If Afghan Taliban Do Not Stop Supporting Terrorism, They Will Have to Pay a Heavy Price: DG ISPR
RAWALPINDI (Daily Qudrat): Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, warning the Afghan Taliban regime in the strongest terms over cross-border terrorism and support for non-state elements from Afghanistan, has said that if the Afghan Taliban do not immediately stop supporting terrorism in Pakistan, they will have to pay a heavy price for it.
In an exclusive interview with international news agency Reuters, while covering the region’s security situation in detail, he said that India is the biggest sponsor of terrorism against Pakistan in the region, and the Afghan Taliban regime established in Afghanistan is effectively acting as an Indian proxy. Banned groups such as TTP and BLA — Fitna al-Khawarij and other terrorist groups — are also playing the role of Indian proxies against Pakistan’s security. The Afghan Taliban are using these non-state elements and mercenaries to fulfil their evil and despicable objectives.
The military’s spokesman said that Afghanistan remains fully under the influence of non-state elements and an interim regime is established there, due to which the situation remains tense. After the Russian intervention in Afghanistan, numerous foreign intelligence agencies and proxy groups strengthened their roots there, after which international terrorist networks such as Jaish al-Adl, Al-Qaeda and Daesh Khorasan also established strong safe havens in Afghanistan.
Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif recalled that these worrying facts have been pointed out and confirmed by the United Nations, the United States and several other important countries of the world in their reports. Pakistan only demands of the Afghan Taliban that they end their patronage of elements involved in ongoing terrorism and bloodshed within Pakistan’s borders. The Afghan Taliban regime has provided shelter under its patronage to notorious terrorists and masterminds such as Noor Wali Mehsud, Bashir Zeb and Gul Bahadur.
He said that for sabotage in Pakistan, terrorist squads are formed from Afghan soil, cross the border and are also provided explosives and the most modern weapons from there. If the Afghan interim government does not heed Pakistan’s legitimate security concerns and demands, the consequences will be extremely grave for them. The Afghan Taliban currently have no diplomatic or legal credibility at the global level, therefore the international community should compel the Afghan Taliban to adopt the behaviour of a civilised and normal responsible state.
The DG ISPR urged the international community to also increase strong global pressure on Afghan authorities for the prevention of the cultivation, processing and smuggling of narcotics from Afghanistan. Pakistan’s proud armed forces have full and professional capability to effectively, decisively and immediately counter every kind of security challenge and all threats arising from across the Afghan border, including possible drone attacks and infiltration.
