The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has disputed claims made by Pakistan after the suicide bombing in Bajur and said that no one is permitted to use Afghan land as a weapon against another nation.
“Some Pakistani authorities are making unfounded claims about Afghanistan’s security, which we categorically refute. The Islamic Emirate forbids any party from using Afghan territory as a weapon against any nation, according to Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on X, previously known as Twitter.
“The Islamic Emirate must be directly informed of our concerns on this matter; unfounded statements should not be circulated in the media to mislead the general people. Such accusations do neither the nation nor the citizens any good,” it said.
The extremist Islamic organization responded after Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that “Afghan citizens” living across the border were aiding terrorists responsible for a string of suicide bombings in Pakistan.
Shehbaz’s remarks after a devastating blast at a political meeting close to the shared border between the two nations that left over 50 people dead and several more injured. The attack took place at a gathering of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) political party members in the Bajur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The Pakistani prime minister avoided openly accusing the Taliban regime in Afghanistan of involvement in assaults, but he did claim that terrorists were operating out of safe havens in the neighboring nation.
Islamabad has previously claimed that militants from the Pakistani Taliban were conducting unrestricted operations from Afghanistan; the Islamic rule disputes this claim. The Islamic State organization, which engages in a bloody conflict with the Taliban, claimed responsibility for the most recent assault in Pakistan.
Sharif voiced concern about hostile forces operating from safe havens over the border to organize and carry out such despicable assaults on people in the aftermath of suicide bombings in Pakistan.
Since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August 2021, Pakistan has seen a major rise in terrorist assaults, particularly in its western border districts.
According to a report sent to the UN Security Council in May, the Taliban recognize that the Pakistani Taliban has a secure operating base in Afghanistan and does not pose a danger to the country as a whole.
