KABUL (SW) – The Afghan government said today that Pakistan has failed address basic issues and identify perpetrators behind the abduction and torture of the envoy’s daughter in Islamabad last month.
The foreign ministry said in a statement that the Afghan government delegation recently visited Pakistan in connection with the abduction and torture of the Afghan Ambassador’s daughter in Islamabad, which had taken place on July 16, 2021.
It said that during this visit, the Pakistani side shared some information and findings with the Afghan delegation on the case. However, the remarks by Pakistani officials pointed at a different version of the case, and unfortunately did not address the basic issues such as how the incident took place and the identification of the perpetrators.
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“As agreed between the two sides in Islamabad on the first day, the Afghan delegation demanded that the Pakistani officials should share all information related to the case with Afghanistan for further technical investigations. Unfortunately, the information was not shared with the delegation”, it said.
The hospital and medical reports along with other available evidence clearly indicate that Ms. Silsila Alikhel had been abducted and tortured. The Government of Afghanistan, in coordination with the victim, is ready and will continue to cooperate to identify and apprehend the perpetrators, it added.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again called on the Pakistani government to focus on expeditious identification, apprehension, and prosecution of the perpetrators of the abduction.
Afghanistan last month called back its ambassador from Pakistan after the envoy’s young daughter was abducted and tortured in Islamabad.
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