Pakistan’s Defense Minister has once again repeated his claims, saying that
India is using Afghan territory against Pakistan.
Khawaja Asif, in an interview with Geo News, repeated the allegation that
Afghanistan has allegedly become a hub for India’s proxy activities, and he
claimed that some armed groups are carrying out operations against Pakistan
with foreign support.
He added:
“Afghanistan has become a center for India’s proxy activities against Pakistan.
They are waging a war against Pakistan through India. Currently, India is
supporting Afghanistan and Pakistani Taliban.”
Asif said Pakistan wants regional stability, but at the same time he again
claimed that India is supporting proxy activities from Afghan soil.
The Islamic Emirate has consistently described such statements as baseless
accusations and claims.
The Pakistani Defense Minister made these remarks at a time when Pakistan,
on Monday, once again launched an attack on Afghan territory, causing civilian
casualties and financial damage.
Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate, said that in
recent Pakistani attacks in the Dangam district of Kunar, at least three
civilians were killed and 14 others were injured, most of them women and
children.
Fitrat stated:
“The Pakistani military regime, continuing its crimes, once again targeted
civilian homes, a school, a health center, and mosques in the Dangam district
of Kunar near the Durand Line. In addition to financial damage, 3 civilians
were killed and 14 others were injured, most of them women and children. In
these attacks, two girls’ and boys’ schools, one health center, and two mosques
were destroyed, and 80 livestock animals were also killed.”
Political observers say that Pakistani officials make such statements to
ignore civilian casualties in Afghanistan and to justify these attacks as
legal.
They add that the Pakistani military, under Western influence, wants to drag
Afghanistan into a new conflict and divert attention from its own internal
problems.
Political analyst Moin Gul Samkan said:
“Since Pakistan cannot solve its own problems, it always blames Afghanistan and
TTP for them. TTP belongs to them. It controls a large territory and operates
in the streets of Peshawar and is close to reaching Islamabad. They themselves
possess modern weapons and organized structures.”
Others say that Pakistan is currently facing severe internal challenges and
is trying to shift its problems onto others.
These baseless claims by Pakistan’s Defense Minister come at a time when,
three days earlier, the Information Minister also accused Afghan journalists of
carrying out anti-Pakistan propaganda in favor of India.
The Islamic Emirate strongly reacted to that claim and described Afghan journalists as committed to national interests.
