Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that after the withdrawal of Nato forces, it was expected that there would be peace in Afghanistan and the Taliban would focus on the interests of the Afghan people and peace in the region, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Friday.
“But the Taliban have made Afghanistan a colony of India. They gathered terrorists from all over the world in Afghanistan and started exporting terrorism,” he said in a post on X platform.
Khawaja Asif said that Pakistan made every effort to keep the situation normal, directly and through friendly countries. “However, the Taliban became a proxy for India,” he said.
He added that Pakistan’s forces had given a decisive response to aggression from the Afghan Taliban.
He said that Pakistan’s role in the past had been “positive”, highlighting the country’s hosting of Afghan refugees. “Our patience has run out. Now there is an open war,” he said.
Aurangzeb condemns unprovoked attack
Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb has condemned Afghanistan’s unprovoked attack on Pakistan.
According to a statement issued by the finance ministry in Islamabad on Friday, the finance minister termed the attacks carried out in the dark of night “cowardly”.
Aurangzeb paid tribute to the armed forces for giving a “befitting reply” to Afghanistan’s aggression, saying, “National defence is every Pakistani’s top priority. No compromise will be made on national integrity.”
The minister added that no harm would be done to the peace and security of the country.