KABUL (SW) – Pakistan’s top diplomat in Kabul has been summoned to record strong protest over aerial raid in Khost and mortar shelling in Kunar provinces.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate issued a newsletter this afternoon saying that it had summoned Pakistan’s ambassador to Kabul, Mansour Ahmad Khan, in connection with the aerial raid on Afghanistan’s border areas. The ministry has condemned Pakistani military attacks on Afghanistan’s border areas and stressed the need to prevent a recurrence.
According to a statement from the Emirati Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Acting Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi told the Pakistani ambassador in Kabul that the country’s continued attacks on Afghan territory were straining relations between the two sides and “would lead to malicious and biased abuse with dire consequences.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that it has handed over its letter of protest to the Pakistani ambassador in Kabul to deliver it to his country’s leaders.
Meanwhile, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also summoned Ahmad Shakib, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Islamic Emirate in Islamabad, the capital of the country. The ministry said in a news statement that it had summoned the charge d’affaires of the embassy of the Islamic Emirate in Islamabad in connection with the “foreign attack”.
Ahmad Shakib, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Islamic Emirate in Islamabad
Pakistani media reported last Thursday that seven Pakistani soldiers had been killed in an attack by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in North Waziristan.
However, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed concern over the increase in Pakistani Taliban movements. According to the newsletter, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has claimed that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacked from Afghanistan and has called for a decisive action against the perpetrators.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s new prime minister, Shahbaz Sharif, has vowed to prosecute the perpetrators of the killing of seven Pakistani soldiers in North Waziristan. He said the perpetrators of the killing of this number of Pakistani soldiers in North Waziristan would be prosecuted.
On Twitter, Shahbaz Sharif paid tribute to the slain Pakistani soldiers, adding that he would “continue the fight against terrorism.” A Pakistani military statement on Friday said seven soldiers from a Pakistani military convoy were killed Thursday in clashes with Pakistani Taliban fighters near the Afghan border.
The statement also said that four Pakistani Taliban fighters were killed. According to a Pakistani military statement, the clash took place in the Ishm area of North Waziristan, northwest of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
On the other hand, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked the Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Islamic Emirate in Islamabad to urge Kabul to increase bilateral contacts to prevent such incidents.
The Pakistani military also launched artillery attacks on residential areas in Sheltan district of Kunar province last night, killing and wounding civilians, including women and children.
Reports from Khost and Kunar indicate that 30 people, including women and children, were killed in the attacks in Khost, and five people, including women and children, were killed in Kunar.
Pakistani officials have not yet commented.
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