Pakistan on Friday rejected Afghanistan Vice President Amrullah Saleh’s remarks that the Pakistan Air Force was offering air assist to the Taliban militants within the border areas of Chaman and Spin Boldak.
Such statements undermine Pakistan’s honest efforts to play its half in an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led answer, the Pakistan Foreign Office stated right here in a press release.On Thursday, Afghanistan Vice President Saleh tweeted: “Pakistan air force has issued (an) official warning to the Afghan Army and Air Force that any move to dislodge the Taliban from Spin Boldak area will be faced and repelled by the Pakistan Air Force. Pak air force is now providing close air support to Taliban in certain areas.” (sic)Fierce preventing has been happening for the previous couple of days between the Afghan forces and the Taliban in Spin Boldak city of Kandahar.The Taliban militants have seized dozens of districts in current weeks and are actually thought to regulate a couple of third of the nation, forward of the whole withdrawal of US and Western troops from Afghanistan by September 11.Pakistan on Friday stated it had accepted a request by the Afghanistan authorities to hold out air operations near the border adjoining to its Chaman sector, regardless of dangers and worldwide observe to not permit such operations near the border.”Pakistan responded positively to Afghan Government’s right to act in its territory. In spite of very close border operations normally not acceded to by internationally accepted norms/standards/procedures, Pakistan took necessary measures within its territory to safeguard our own troops and population,” the Foreign Office stated.It stated Pakistan within the final week had rescued 40 Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) personnel, who fled struggle scenes, and they are going to be despatched to Afghanistan with “respect and dignity”.”We remain committed to peace in Afghanistan and shall continue to endeavour towards this end irrespective of the detractors,” stated the FO.Meanwhile, in one other tweet on Friday, the Afghanistan Vice President dismissed the Pakistan Foreign Office assertion.”On Pakistani denial: For over twenty years Pakistan denied the existence of Quetta Shura or presence of Talib terrorist leaders in its soil. Those familiar with this pattern, Afghan or foreign, know exactly that issuing a statement of denial is just a pre-written paragraph,” Saleh wrote.