US asks Afghan Taliban to prevent attacks on Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AA): The US has urged the Afghan Taliban to prevent Afghanistan’s soil from being used as a “safe haven” for terrorist attacks.
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said this during a press briefing on Monday in response to a question about Pakistan’s armed forces’ recent warnings to Afghanistan, urging the Afghan Taliban to take action against terrorists carrying out attacks inside Pakistan.
Miller said it is the interim Taliban administration’s responsibility to prevent terrorists from using its territory for terrorism, according to a transcript of the press conference posted on the Department of State website.
“I will say we have made very clear that we believe the Taliban has the responsibility to prevent – Afghanistan from being used as a safe haven for launching terrorist attacks,” he said.
His remarks came just hours after the Pakistan Army warned the Afghan Taliban about providing safe havens to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the umbrella terrorist organization for several militant groups.
On Wednesday, 12 Pakistani soldiers and seven militants were killed in two attacks and subsequent operations in the Zhob and Sui areas of Balochistan.
Over the weekend, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif accused Afghanistan of not fulfilling its obligations as a neighbor.
Asif said Kabul is not abiding by the commitments made in the 2020 Doha agreement.
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