Taliban regime’s chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid mentioned on Sunday that 58 Pakistani troopers had been killed and 30 others wounded throughout a retaliatory operation carried out by the Afghan forces, alongside the Durand Line.
He acknowledged that 20 Pakistani safety outposts had been destroyed, and a number of other weapons had been seized throughout the operation on Saturday evening.
“9 Afghan troopers had been additionally martyred and 16 others wounded, whereas 20 Pakistani safety outposts had been destroyed,” Mujahid mentioned.
He mentioned the army motion was halted at midnight following requests from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the Afghanistan-based Tolo Information reported.
Mujahid additionally claimed that after ISIS-Ok was defeated in Afghanistan, it began establishing its bases in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
“Coaching centres for ISIS-Ok have been established in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and trainees are being introduced there by means of Karachi and Islamabad airports. Our findings present that the assaults in Iran and Moscow had been orchestrated from these centres,” he mentioned.
He claimed that the latest ISIS-Ok assaults in Afghanistan had been orchestrated from these bases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and urged the Pakistani authorities at hand over key ISIS-Ok members to Kabul.
Taliban spokesperson mentioned that Pakistan had requested to ship a delegation to Afghanistan. Nonetheless, the Taliban regime rejected the request in response to the airstrikes carried out by Pakistan on Thursday evening (October 9).
In response to Thursday’s assault, the Afghan forces performed an operation towards Pakistani forces alongside the disputed Durand Line on Saturday. Mujahid warned that any violation of Afghanistan’s sovereignty is not going to go with out a response.
Following Pakistan’s airstrikes on Kabul and Paktika, the Taliban-led Ministry of Defence had condemned the Pakistani strikes and referred to as them a “violation of Afghanistan’s sovereignty”, Tolo Information reported.
Taliban-led Ministry of Defence spokesperson Enayatullah Khwarazmi mentioned, “That is an unprecedented, violent, and hateful act within the historical past of Afghanistan and Pakistan. We strongly condemn this aggression towards Afghanistan’s territory. Defending our sovereignty is our proper.”
In the meantime, Afghanistan’s International Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, who’s at the moment on a go to to India, issued a stern warning to Pakistan for its actions.
Cautioning Islamabad to not blame Kabul for its inner issues, Muttaqi mentioned, “We think about Pakistan’s actions an enormous mistake. Such issues can’t be solved by means of pressure. Historical past has proven that strain and violence by no means reach Afghanistan. We’ve opened the door to dialogue and understanding; this error should not be repeated. Don’t check the persistence of Afghans; for those who do, ask the British, Russians, Individuals, and NATO how taking part in with Afghanistan ends.”