The Foreign Office on Monday strongly refuted the saying of Kabul that banned Tahreek-i-Taliban (TTP) did not operate on the soil of Afghanistan.
The spokesperson FO Zahid Hafeez in reaction to the Afghan’s Foreign Ministry claims said that the assertions of Afghanistan had no link with the reality and facts.
He said that the Afghanistan assertions were also contrary to the various reports of the United Nations, which also corroborate the presence and activities of over 5000-strong TTP in Afghanistan.
It must be noted that a day earlier, the Afghanistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs had said that the TTP was neither founded in Afghanistan nor did it operate on its soil.
The statement was issued after Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that Islamabad is expecting the Afghan Taliban will not allow terrorists groups such as the TTP to carry out activities against Pakistan.
