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Afghanistan is not pakistani territory.
But if any border violation occurs from pakistani side, it will be pakistan's responsibility.
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Afghanistan is not pakistani territory.
But if any border violation occurs from pakistani side, it will be pakistan's responsibility.
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But you used it as a base and you had no problem, you celebrated the murder of our citizens. As the saying what's sauce ........
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What are you on about?
Did Indian Army or Airforce invade pakistan from Afghanistan?
Pakistan perhaps has the largest number of UNSC sanctioned organisations on its soil. Then you blame other countries. Remember what Hilary Clinton said?
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You used proxies to kill our citizens and the Taliban who also hate those same proxies will be your worst nightmare. Its not the job of PK to get in the way.
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Pakistan and India both had armies. The British Indian army was divided.
Invasion of Kashmir started in 1948, first by PA supported pakistani tribal militia then PA directly.
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Anything coming from the pakistan side of the border is pakistani and declaration of war by pakistan.
If pakistan wants to go to war, so be it.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has said it considers the Unites States a friend and wants broad-based relations to achieve the shared objective of peace and prosperity in the region and beyond.
“We believe that both countries have a history of close cooperative relations, which have served our shared interests,” Foreign Office spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhry said at a weekly press briefing here on Friday.
He said both countries had convergence of views and interests on a number of key issues, including the ongoing Afghan peace process, and they believed that there was no military solution to the conflict in Afghanistan and wanted to see peace there. “Both Pakistan and the US support an inclusive, broad-based and comprehensive political settlement in Afghanistan through a process that is owned and led by Afghans themselves,” he stressed.
Recalling that Pakistan played a key role in facilitating the US-Taliban agreement for peace in Afghanistan in February last year, the FO spokesman said: “We have repeatedly stated that neither should Pakistan be looked at through the prism of another country, nor should our relations be viewed narrowly. We want to build long-term, broad-based, comprehensive and mutually beneficial partnerships rather than having transactional relations,” he added.
Mr Chaudhry said Pakistan would take all such decisions and pursue policies that serve the national interest and contribute to peace and prosperity in the region and beyond. Expressing deep concern over the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan and lack of progress in the peace process, he said it was evident that after the people of Afghanistan it was Pakistan that has suffered the most due to decades of conflict in Afghanistan. He said Pakistan suffered over 80,000 casualties and $150 billion of economic losses since 2001.
“As immediate neighbor of Afghanistan, with over 4 million Afghan refugees hosted for four decades, we have an enduring interest in peace and stability in Afghanistan. Therefore, no other country can be more desirous of peace and stability in Afghanistan than Pakistan,” he said, adding that Pakistan remained consistent in its support to the Afghan peace process.
“Our support has been critical in achieving the key milestones so far, including the US-Taliban deal to bring peace, initiation of intra-Afghan negotiations and the agreement between Afghan parties on the rules and procedures”.
Withdrawal of US, Nato troops
Answering a volley of questions about pullout of US and Nato forces from Afghanistan, Mr Chaudhry said Pakistan had always underscored the need for responsible and orderly withdrawal so that there was no security vacuum in Afghanistan that could be exploited by any spoilers, as well as international terrorist outfits. “We have also emphasised that the withdrawal of foreign troops must coincide with the progress in the peace process.”
The FO spokesman said that at this critical juncture it was critical for the international community to redouble their efforts to revive the stalled peace process to achieve an inclusive, broad-based and comprehensive political settlement.
“As for India’s role, we believe that India has always played and continues to play the role of a ‘spoiler’ in the ongoing Afghan peace process. They have always supported a military solution over a negotiated political settlement, and used the Afghan soil for sponsoring terrorist activities in Pakistan,” he remarked.
On the issue of use of Afghan soil by anti-Pakistan elements, he said that last year Pakistan had presented a comprehensive dossier containing irrefutable evidence of India’s active planning, promoting, aiding, abetting, financing and execution of terrorist activities in Pakistan. We have also recently exposed the Indian hand in the terrorist attack in Lahore.
“More recently, we have presented concrete evidence regarding the involvement of RAW-NDS nexus in the Dasu terrorist incident. Such activities make India culpable under the international law, UN sanctions regime and international counterterrorism conventions.
“We have been consistently sharing the evidence with the international community, and will continue to use all relevant forums, including the United Nations, to not only expose India but also hold it accountable to perpetrating state-sponsored terrorism against Pakistan,” he said.
Influx of Afghan refugees
About the announcement by Pakistan to host an Afghan peace conference which was later postponed, the FO spokesman said the new date would be announced at an appropriate time. Asked if Pakistan will send back Afghan refugees, he said: “We have repeatedly underscored the need for a time-bound, dignified and well-resourced plan for the return of Afghan refugees to their homeland. We urge the international community to cooperate with Pakistan in this regard.” He said Pakistan feared that further worsening of the security situation in Afghanistan could have serious implications for it, including the spillover effect on Pakistan and the possibility of further influx of Afghan refugees. “We have clearly stated that Pakistan is not in a position to handle any further influx of refugees,” he remarked.
About the malicious propaganda against Pakistan, he said it was part of the rather blatant and ongoing misinformation campaign against Pakistan to malign the country and its state institutions.
Use of Afghan soil against Pakistan National Security Adviser (NSA) Dr Moeed Yusuf on Friday said the Afghan leadership lacked sincere intention to contain use of its soil against Pakistan damaging peace and security of the region.
The NSA was responding to the accusations levelled by a BBC news anchor questioning Pakistan’s role in the Afghan peace process and allegations by Awami National Party leader Affrasiab Khattak blaming the government for chaos in Afghanistan.
Dr Yusuf refused to respond to Mr Khattak’s accusations flagged by the BBC anchor and emphasised that Pakistan only stood for peace and that’s why it had fenced its entire border with Afghanistan and called the Afghan government to place a biometric system for controlled mobility between the two countries, which the latter refused.
He said it was the Afghan government which not only opposed the border fencing initiative but also Pakistan’s proposal for proper visa regime. “If you are to level an allegation then it should be logical one as the regions falling to Taliban are on the other side of Afghanistan; how Pakistan can assist that debacle,” he wondered.
The NSA noted that there were serious questions on the intentions of the other side [Afghan leadership] that needed to be looked into. “We can continue this conversation, however, we have seen Twitter hashtags blaming Pakistan and asking to sanction the country and calling it responsible for chaos in Afghanistan,” he said.
The Pakistan government, he said, minutely observed it and found that 65 per cent was ‘bot activity’ (robot generated tweets) and mostly operated from the Afghan government and Indian accounts.
In reply to a question pertaining to alleged Afghan safe havens in Pakistan, Dr Yusuf said these people and their parents were Afghan refugees, their women had married in Pakistan and some of them were born here as the world had abandoned Afghanistan as it is doing now. He said Pakistan had to support those people who laid their trust upon it.
Published in Dawn, August 14th, 2021
“We believe that both countries have a history of close cooperative relations, which have served our shared interests,” Foreign Office spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhry said at a weekly press briefing here on Friday.
He said both countries had convergence of views and interests on a number of key issues, including the ongoing Afghan peace process, and they believed that there was no military solution to the conflict in Afghanistan and wanted to see peace there. “Both Pakistan and the US support an inclusive, broad-based and comprehensive political settlement in Afghanistan through a process that is owned and led by Afghans themselves,” he stressed.
Recalling that Pakistan played a key role in facilitating the US-Taliban agreement for peace in Afghanistan in February last year, the FO spokesman said: “We have repeatedly stated that neither should Pakistan be looked at through the prism of another country, nor should our relations be viewed narrowly. We want to build long-term, broad-based, comprehensive and mutually beneficial partnerships rather than having transactional relations,” he added.
Mr Chaudhry said Pakistan would take all such decisions and pursue policies that serve the national interest and contribute to peace and prosperity in the region and beyond. Expressing deep concern over the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan and lack of progress in the peace process, he said it was evident that after the people of Afghanistan it was Pakistan that has suffered the most due to decades of conflict in Afghanistan. He said Pakistan suffered over 80,000 casualties and $150 billion of economic losses since 2001.
“As immediate neighbor of Afghanistan, with over 4 million Afghan refugees hosted for four decades, we have an enduring interest in peace and stability in Afghanistan. Therefore, no other country can be more desirous of peace and stability in Afghanistan than Pakistan,” he said, adding that Pakistan remained consistent in its support to the Afghan peace process.
“Our support has been critical in achieving the key milestones so far, including the US-Taliban deal to bring peace, initiation of intra-Afghan negotiations and the agreement between Afghan parties on the rules and procedures”.
Withdrawal of US, Nato troops
Answering a volley of questions about pullout of US and Nato forces from Afghanistan, Mr Chaudhry said Pakistan had always underscored the need for responsible and orderly withdrawal so that there was no security vacuum in Afghanistan that could be exploited by any spoilers, as well as international terrorist outfits. “We have also emphasised that the withdrawal of foreign troops must coincide with the progress in the peace process.”
The FO spokesman said that at this critical juncture it was critical for the international community to redouble their efforts to revive the stalled peace process to achieve an inclusive, broad-based and comprehensive political settlement.
“As for India’s role, we believe that India has always played and continues to play the role of a ‘spoiler’ in the ongoing Afghan peace process. They have always supported a military solution over a negotiated political settlement, and used the Afghan soil for sponsoring terrorist activities in Pakistan,” he remarked.
On the issue of use of Afghan soil by anti-Pakistan elements, he said that last year Pakistan had presented a comprehensive dossier containing irrefutable evidence of India’s active planning, promoting, aiding, abetting, financing and execution of terrorist activities in Pakistan. We have also recently exposed the Indian hand in the terrorist attack in Lahore.
“More recently, we have presented concrete evidence regarding the involvement of RAW-NDS nexus in the Dasu terrorist incident. Such activities make India culpable under the international law, UN sanctions regime and international counterterrorism conventions.
“We have been consistently sharing the evidence with the international community, and will continue to use all relevant forums, including the United Nations, to not only expose India but also hold it accountable to perpetrating state-sponsored terrorism against Pakistan,” he said.
Influx of Afghan refugees
About the announcement by Pakistan to host an Afghan peace conference which was later postponed, the FO spokesman said the new date would be announced at an appropriate time. Asked if Pakistan will send back Afghan refugees, he said: “We have repeatedly underscored the need for a time-bound, dignified and well-resourced plan for the return of Afghan refugees to their homeland. We urge the international community to cooperate with Pakistan in this regard.” He said Pakistan feared that further worsening of the security situation in Afghanistan could have serious implications for it, including the spillover effect on Pakistan and the possibility of further influx of Afghan refugees. “We have clearly stated that Pakistan is not in a position to handle any further influx of refugees,” he remarked.
About the malicious propaganda against Pakistan, he said it was part of the rather blatant and ongoing misinformation campaign against Pakistan to malign the country and its state institutions.
Use of Afghan soil against Pakistan National Security Adviser (NSA) Dr Moeed Yusuf on Friday said the Afghan leadership lacked sincere intention to contain use of its soil against Pakistan damaging peace and security of the region.
The NSA was responding to the accusations levelled by a BBC news anchor questioning Pakistan’s role in the Afghan peace process and allegations by Awami National Party leader Affrasiab Khattak blaming the government for chaos in Afghanistan.
Dr Yusuf refused to respond to Mr Khattak’s accusations flagged by the BBC anchor and emphasised that Pakistan only stood for peace and that’s why it had fenced its entire border with Afghanistan and called the Afghan government to place a biometric system for controlled mobility between the two countries, which the latter refused.
He said it was the Afghan government which not only opposed the border fencing initiative but also Pakistan’s proposal for proper visa regime. “If you are to level an allegation then it should be logical one as the regions falling to Taliban are on the other side of Afghanistan; how Pakistan can assist that debacle,” he wondered.
The NSA noted that there were serious questions on the intentions of the other side [Afghan leadership] that needed to be looked into. “We can continue this conversation, however, we have seen Twitter hashtags blaming Pakistan and asking to sanction the country and calling it responsible for chaos in Afghanistan,” he said.
The Pakistan government, he said, minutely observed it and found that 65 per cent was ‘bot activity’ (robot generated tweets) and mostly operated from the Afghan government and Indian accounts.
In reply to a question pertaining to alleged Afghan safe havens in Pakistan, Dr Yusuf said these people and their parents were Afghan refugees, their women had married in Pakistan and some of them were born here as the world had abandoned Afghanistan as it is doing now. He said Pakistan had to support those people who laid their trust upon it.
Published in Dawn, August 14th, 2021
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I just hope the Taliban remember how you backed the proxies and take appropriate action.
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Worry about pakistan. What will it do with when whatever little leverage it had with NATO and its allies is gone.
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NATO have been bane on PK and I am grateful they have been humiliated and are leaving. I am only worried for you because you guys justified being in Afghanistan because you feared the Taliban might come for Kashmir. Or has that narrative been forgotten. Maybe in future you could stick to one narrative
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NATO have been bane on PK and I am grateful they have been humiliated and are leaving. I am only worried for you because you guys justified being in Afghanistan because you feared the Taliban might come for Kashmir. Or has that narrative been forgotten. Maybe in future you could stick to one narrative
Taliban was in Afghanistan for years, couldn't come anywhere near kashmir.
Taliban or anyone trying to take Indian territory will be given the same treatment that PA got in 1965 1971 1999.
Lol at your worry.
Worry about pakistan cut off from western money. How many bailouts will you need? Or may be the chinese will buy you guys out.
Worried about India
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Pakistan rubbishes claim of providing bases to US
The Foreign Office on Thursday dismissed speculations that Pakistan was providing military bases to the United States or any other country.
“This speculation is completely unfounded, and we reject it. There is absolutely no basis for these social media speculations,” Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, the foreign office spokesperson, told reporters at the weekly briefing.
“Pakistan has no plans to offer bases to a foreign government or military directed against anyone,” she added.
When her attention was drawn toward the reported statement by the Leader of the Opposition Omar Ayub, claiming that they had some information about Pakistan providing bases to the US, the spokesperson said the question should be posed to the lawmaker.
“This question may be posed to the Leader of the Opposition, because I have given you the reality and the facts in response to an earlier question today,” the spokesperson added.
Speculations about the bases were first triggered by PTI lawmaker Sher Afzal Marwat, who claimed that Pakistan provided bases to the US.
Some government officials had already rebutted his claims, insisting that the bases Marwat was referring to were vacated a long time ago by the US.
While strongly rejecting talk of any bases, the spokesperson said that Pakistan and the US had a “robust” bilateral relationship.
She referred to the recent visit of US Acting Under Secretary for Political Affairs John Bass and Principal Assistant Secretary of State Elizabeth Horst to Pakistan.
At the foreign office, they held a meeting with Acting Foreign Secretary Ambassador Rahim Hayat Qureshi on April 30. “The two sides discussed various aspects of bilateral cooperation and underscored the importance of sustained engagement through various dialogue processes including in the areas of trade, investment, energy, health, education, agriculture, and climate change,” she added.
“Pakistan and the United States have robust bilateral institutionalised mechanisms including on trade and investment, US energy security, climate change and environment, health, and counterterrorism. Pakistan will continue to engage with the United States to enhance bilateral cooperation and understanding,” the spokesperson noted.
The visit of the US officials came just days after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi travelled to Pakistan. Despite reservations by Washington, Pakistan agreed on a number of steps with Iran to deepen cooperation.
Meanwhile, the foreign office strongly rejected allegations levelled by Shahzad Akbar, a former cabinet member of the PTI government, against the Pakistani intelligence agencies. “We categorically reject the allegations made by Mr Shahzad Akbar against the state of Pakistan and its institutions and agencies,” she added.
“These claims are baseless and politically motivated. As we have said in the past, the safety and security of Pakistani nationals, wherever they are, are a matter of priority for Pakistan.”
“It is not the policy of Pakistan to target its own nationals abroad. Several high-profile political dissidents have been living in the United Kingdom for several decades. They have often indulged in vitriol and invective against Pakistan, and some of them have maintained links with terrorist entities inside Pakistan,” the spokesperson maintained.
She said that Pakistan had not engaged in any extraterritorial acts against these individuals. “So, Mr Shahzad Akbar's claims are simply preposterous,” she said.
Pakistan rubbishes claim of providing bases to US | The Express Tribune
There is absolutely no basis for these social media speculations, says FO spokesperson
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It's still an "Absolutely NOT"
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