Pakistan slams India-Afghanistan joint statement, calls Kashmir reference ‘highly insensitive’
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan condemned the joint statement of India-Afghanistan in New Delhi on Saturday, calling it a “clear violation” of UN Security Council resolutions regarding Jammu and Kashmir.
The Foreign Office said in a statement, “This joint statement is extremely apathetic for the sacrifices and sentiments of the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), who are continuing their struggle for self -determination.”
The Additional Secretary (West Asia and Afghanistan) also called for the Afghan ambassador to provide Pakistan’s protest, and said that as a part of India, the mention of Jammu and Kashmir, the UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, and the controversial territory were clearly violated.
The joint statement came when Afghan Foreign Minister Aamir Khan Muttaki is on a six -day visit to India after temporarily receiving his travel ban by the UN Security Council (UNSC) committee. It was the first trip to India by an Afghan Taliban leader since 2021.
One day ago, India upgraded relations with the Afghanistan Taliban administration, and promoted a diplomatic isolated group, announcing that it would reopen its embassy in Kabul, which was closed in 2021 after the Taliban occupied power.
In a joint statement, the two sides “unpleasantly condemned all terrorist acts created from regional countries, which indicated the importance of promoting peace, stability and mutual trust in the region.”
The FO, in today’s statement, said that Pakistan also strongly rejected the FM’s claim that terrorism was an internal problem of Pakistan.
Islamabad reaffirmed that it had shared credible evidence with Kabul on the presence of “Fatna Kharij and Fatn-Handstan” elements working from Afghan soil against Pakistan, with support from Afghanistan.
“Eliminating the responsibility of controlling terrorism towards Pakistan, the interim Afghan government cannot refrain from its responsibilities to ensure peace and stability beyond the region,” the statement said.
Confirming its long -standing support for Afghanistan, the FO said that Pakistan had hosted nearly four million Afghans for more than four decades and have been issuing medical and study visas on the basis of humanity.
He emphasized that after returning to Afghanistan slowly, unauthorized Afghan citizens living in Pakistan should return to their homeland.
The statement added that Pakistan is committed to promoting peaceful, stable and economically connected Afghanistan through trade, communication and regional cooperation. However, Islamabad emphasized that ensuring national security and preventing terrorist infiltration is its top priority.
It concluded, “Pakistan expects the interim Afghan government to play a proper role by playing concrete steps to prevent its territory against Pakistan from using a fitter and fitta -India.”
In the backdrop of the growing terrorist attacks in Pakistan, Islamabad and Kabul are witnessing reluctance to work against terrorist groups in the interim government.
In 2021, especially in the provinces of KP and Balochistan, the country has witnessed the increase in cross -border terrorist incidents since the Taliban’s rulers returned to Afghanistan.
The two countries have shared an unsafe border that extends about 2,500 km with several crossing points, which is important as an important element of regional trade and an important factor of relations between the people on both sides of the fence.
However, the issue of terrorism has become an important issue for Pakistan, which has called on Afghanistan to prevent its territory from attacking groups like TTP inside the previous area.
Islamabad’s reservations have also been confirmed by a report submitted by the UN Security Council (UNSC) by an analytical cooperation and sanctions monitoring team, which has revealed a nexus between Kabul and the TTP, which has previously provided logistics, operational, and later.
