Asfandyar Bhittani
THINK TANK: CONSULTANT
- Jan 2, 2017
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Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said that during his trip to Kabul, the Afghan Taliban had suggested to him that the Pakistani Taliban would be transferred from the border areas to other places. They also asked him for money.
He says: "(Even) if Pakistan pays for this work; who will guarantee that Pakistani militants will not attack in Pakistan? And then they will not come (back) to the border areas?"
According to him, there are some doubts in this transaction.
Mr. Asif visited Kabul last year in October; But he had not said anything about it before.
He said in this interview that terrorists are being trained by TTP in Afghanistan and then sent to Pakistan to cause bloodshed and destruction in Pakistan.
According to him: "We have differences with the Afghan Taliban in dealing with terrorism, and these are very serious differences."
He also said that the TTP has hideouts in Afghanistan and the Afghan Taliban are hosting them.
He asked the Afghan Taliban to resettle the undocumented Afghan refugees living in Pakistan (back) in their country (Afghanistan).
Khawaja Asif: The Afghan Taliban asked for money for the transfer of TTP from the border areas
2 hours agoPakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said that during his trip to Kabul, the Afghan Taliban had suggested to him that the Pakistani Taliban would be transferred from the border areas to other places. They also asked him for money.
He says: "(Even) if Pakistan pays for this work; who will guarantee that Pakistani militants will not attack in Pakistan? And then they will not come (back) to the border areas?"
According to him, there are some doubts in this transaction.
Mr. Asif visited Kabul last year in October; But he had not said anything about it before.
He said in this interview that terrorists are being trained by TTP in Afghanistan and then sent to Pakistan to cause bloodshed and destruction in Pakistan.
According to him: "We have differences with the Afghan Taliban in dealing with terrorism, and these are very serious differences."
He also said that the TTP has hideouts in Afghanistan and the Afghan Taliban are hosting them.
He asked the Afghan Taliban to resettle the undocumented Afghan refugees living in Pakistan (back) in their country (Afghanistan).
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