Civil-military leadership to discuss strategy to prevent Kabul from becoming proxy: Sanaullah
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Prime Minister's aide on Political and Public Affairs Rana Sanaullah addresses a press conference on February 16, 2023. — PID
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A day before the high -level camera meeting on the Prime Minister’s Assistant Secretary of Political and Public Affairs, Rana Sanaullah said that the meeting would focus on ways to prevent Afghanistan from being used as a proxy against Pakistan, especially by India.
Addressing the GEO News Program ‘South of Shahbaz Khanzada today’, the leader of the Muslim League’s ruling noted that the meeting will not only focus on persuading Afghanistan to maintain neutrality, but will also discuss the future process if Kabul refuses to accept Pakistan’s territory.
The rare meeting of the parliament is scheduled to be held at 11am on Tuesday, in which military officials will inform the lawmakers about the current security situation in the country in the backdrop of recent deadly terrorist attacks.
In a terrorist incident, recently, dozens of militants belonging to the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) blew up the railway track and attacked the Jaffar Express on Tuesday, which took more than 440 passengers – who were built in Mashik area of Balochistan’s Bolan district.
After a complex clearance operation, security forces neutralized 33 attackers and rescued hostage passengers.
In addition to five operational casualties, more than 26 passengers were martyred by the terrorists, of which 18 were security personnel belonging to the Pakistan Army and the Frontier Corps (FC), three were officials of Pakistan Railways and other departments, and five were civilians.
Talking to the media after the end of the operation of the security forces, Director General for Inter Services Public Relations (DGISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry revealed that the terrorists were in touch with their handlers in Afghanistan.
Lieutenant General Chaudhry’s remarks reflect Islamabad’s stance that has repeatedly urged Kabul to prevent its land from being used by terrorist organizations against Pakistan.
During today’s program, Sanaullah said that the interim Afghan government provided safe havens for terrorists, where they train, plan and attack. “These terrorists receive funds from India,” he said, expressing his commitment that their safe havens would be removed in a few weeks and months.
When asked about Afghanistan’s cooperation in the fight against terrorism, he said that the military leadership was following a multi -dimensional policy and would input from the civilian leadership to prevent Afghanistan from acting as a proxy or being a weapon in the hands of India.
However, he said that the issue would be resolved one way or another, noting that refusing to comply with Afghanistan is not equivalent to a dead end. “There are many ways in our power,” he said.
In response to a question, Sanaullah said that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir and his team, including the Director General of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Asim Malik and others will attend the meeting and one member of the team will shorten the lawmakers.
In addition, the Prime Minister’s Assistant noted that the military leadership will also get input from the civilian leadership during the meeting. “If anything emerges in a meeting that requires [PML-N President and three-time Prime Minister] Nawaz Sharif is fully prepared to do so, to play his role.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, both of whom share borders with neighboring Afghanistan, have faced terrorist attacks – both provinces have participated in more than 96 % of terrorist attacks and deaths in Pakistan in 2024.
