Washington: Pakistan summoned the Afghan Deputy Head of Mission on Friday and issued a strong demarche to the Taliban regime concerning terrorist attacks against Pakistan, which were perpetrated from Afghan soil targeting a security forces camp in the tribal district of Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province.
According to Kuwait News Agency, Pakistan condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the terrorist attack carried out by militants belonging to the Gul Bahadur Group on a Pakistan Military camp in North Waziristan District. The attack resulted in the martyrdom of four Pakistani soldiers.
The Afghan Deputy Head of Mission was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to convey Pakistan's strong demarche. The Ministry expressed Pakistan's grave concern over the continued support and facilitation provided by the Afghan Taliban regime to the Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), enabling them to carry out terrorist attacks against the Pakistan Military and civilian population along the Pak-Afghan border and in adjoining areas.
It was emphasized that the permissive environment enjoyed by the TTP in Afghanistan contradicts Afghanistan's international commitments, as well as its commitments to Pakistan, that it would not allow its soil to be used against any other country, including Pakistan.
Pakistan has demanded a full investigation and decisive action against the perpetrators and facilitators of the terrorist attacks launched against Pakistan from Afghan soil. The Afghan Taliban regime has been urged to take immediate, concrete, and verifiable measures against all terror groups operating from its territory, including their leadership, and to deny the continued use of Afghan soil for terrorism against Pakistan.
The Afghan Taliban regime has also been categorically informed that Pakistan reserves the right to defend its sovereignty and protect its citizens, and will take all necessary measures to respond to terrorism originating from Afghan soil, the Foreign Office concluded.