Achakzai claims aversion of possible retaliatory attack from Afghanistan
Fear of Afghan threat to take action against Pakistan provoked trip: Achakzai
LONDON (Dunya News) -- In an interview with a British media outlet, Mehmood Khan Achakzai said that Prime Minister (PM) Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif does not want any misunderstanding between the two countries and on the other hand Hamid Karzai wanted the Pakistani government to take action against the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The head of Pakistan s political party Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party, Achakzai said that the PM had sent him to Afghanistan because there was credible information of Afghan action against Pakistan. Achakzai added that Pakistan had received a report from informed sources in Kabul that Afghanistan was about to take action against Pakistan.
Sharif had reiterated that there should not be any kind of misunderstanding between the two countries.
Achakzai said that the Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry also accompanied him on a visit to Kabul where they met the Afghan President Hamid Karzai, his closest associates and ambassadors from China and the United States as well.
Achakzai stated that Karzai wanted Pakistan to take action against the banned TTP, adding that the Pakistani security forces action in June at Kunar allegedly killed three Afghan army personnel, which is why Karzai was about to retaliate against Pakistan.
Mehmood Khan Achakzai said these two countries will have to state it in front of the entire world that they will not breach each other’s sovereignty and respect it.
Achakzai quoted an earlier statement in which the Afghan government had issued a statement that Karzai had ordered a preparation for a retaliatory attack against Pakistan after the Kunar incident.
