Kabul: Afghan Acting Defense Minister said on Sunday that the Taliban government would not tolerate the “invasion” of his environment after protesting the air strikes he said carried out by Pakistani neighboring people.
Comments came after the Taliban government blamed Pakistan for air strikes that officials said dozens in Kunar and Khost Provinces.
Pakistan, who has not confirmed involvement in air strikes within the Afghan border, said the two countries were “brotherhood countries”.
“We face problems and challenges from the world and our neighbors, a clear example is an invasion by them in our area in Kunar,” Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob said, acting the Afghan Defense Minister, at the ceremony in Kabul commemorating the commemoration of the death of his father, founder of Taliban Mullah Mohammad Omar .
“We cannot tolerate the invasion. We have tolerated the attack. We are tolerated that because of national interests, next time we might not tolerate it,” he said.
Pakistani foreign office spokesman said when asking for comments about Yaqoob’s comments that Pakistan hoped for a long -term engagement with Afghanistan to secure peace.
“Pakistan and Afghanistan are brotherhood countries. The government and people of the two countries consider terrorism as a serious threat and have suffered from this scourge for a long time … Therefore, it is important that our two countries are involved with relevant attitudes Through relevant institutions. Channels to work together to fight cross-border terrorism and take action against terrorist groups on their land, “said the spokesman.
The Foreign Ministry of the Taliban Administration last week called the Pakistani Ambassador to protest the strike. Local officials said the strike by Pakistani military helicopters killed 36 people.
The head of the united children’s agency in Afghanistan said that 20 children were killed in air strikes in Khost and Kunar on April 16.
Because the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August, there were many deadlocks along the border of 2,600 km (1,615 miles) with Pakistan – withdrawn by the British colonial authorities and debated by Kabul.
Increasingly frustrated with sustainable attacks, the Pakistani military has increased operations along the Afghan border in recent months.