Pakistan on Friday urged Kabul to take “practical steps” towards Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants “based” in Afghanistan, as cross-border assaults have elevated in northwestern border areas.
Pakistan raised the TTP difficulty with the Afghan facet throughout a current high-level assembly between officers of the 2 sides in Islamabad, Foreign Ministry spokesman Shafqat Ali Khan informed Anadolu in response to a query throughout a news convention.
“This is an issue we continue to emphasize with the Afghan side, and we highlight what is happening, the cost Pakistan is paying, the cost the bilateral relationship is paying, and the cost efforts to regional development and regional integration are paying,” Khan stated.
He expressed hope that Kabul would “recognize the gravity of the threat and work” with Pakistan to handle the safety problem.
There was no quick response from the Afghan authorities to the newest remarks by Islamabad.
Last week, the Pakistani military claimed that it had killed at the very least 30 suspected militants whereas trying to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border within the North Waziristan district in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Earlier, on June 28, at the very least 13 Pakistani troopers had been killed in a suicide bombing within the North Waziristan district close to the Afghan border, whereas 14 terrorists had been killed by the army in subsequent operations.
Islamabad accuses Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, who’re allegedly based mostly in Afghanistan, of finishing up terrorist assaults in Pakistan, whereas Kabul denies that such assaults are launched from its soil.
– Pakistan-US commerce settlement
The Foreign Ministry spokesman stated {that a} senior delegation visited Washington for commerce negotiations with the US for a commerce deal.
“We are hopeful that we could come up with a good agreement that serves the interests of both countries,” he stated.
On June 24, Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said that Islamabad and Washington would possibly finalize a commerce settlement as early as the next week. However, the deal has but to materialize.
The Trump administration imposed a 29% “reciprocal” tariff on Pakistan in April, later suspending them for 90 days. The US president now postponed the tariff deadline once more to Aug. 1 and despatched letters to a number of nations informing them of the tariff charges they may face if no settlement is reached.
Source: www.anews.com.tr