Pakistan rejects Afghanistan allegations of airspace violation
Pakistan Foreign Office rejected the Afghan allegations claiming PAF violated its airspace.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Foreign Office on Thursday rejected the baseless Afghanistan allegations claiming that Pakistan violated its airspace, Dunya News reported.
Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal in his tweet said, “Pakistan rejected the baseless Afghan allegations of violation of its airspace and air raids inside Afghan territory by Pakistan Air Force.”
Pakistan rejected the baseless Afghan allegations of violation of its airspace and air raids inside Afghan territory by Pakistan Air Force. 1/6
— Dr Mohammad Faisal (@DrMFaisal) April 5, 2018
He said that Pakistan security forces are undertaking counter-terrorism operations in Bajaur Agency directed against terrorist groups who continue to attack Pakistan from their sanctuaries based on Afghan soil that have resulted in loss of lives and injuries on the Pakistani side.
“The information about the ongoing counter-terrorism operations is shared with the Afghan security forces on a regular basis,” he said.
He also informed that Pakistan shared details of the operations with the Afghan side during a meeting between Director Generals Military Operations of the two countries held in Rawalpindi on Thursday. He also said that all these operations were conducted on Pakistani side of the border.
The Foreign Office also urged Afghanistan to focus on taking effective counter-terrorism actions including plugging of large gaps existing along the Afghan side of Pakistan-Afghanistan border to prevent the terrorists from Afghan soil to target Pakistani civilians and security forces.
The Foreign Office also asked the Afghan government to refrain from blame game. Instead there is a need to work together to combat terrorism and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation for shared progress and prosperity of the peoples of the two countries.
