United States says that to deal with threats to regional security, our Pakistan have common interests with
During a US State Department press briefing in Washington on Monday, spokesman Matthew Miller was asked whether the US supports Pakistan’s attacks once morest terrorist groups such as the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan.
In response to this question, Matthew Miller said that the people of Pakistan have suffered a lot at the hands of terrorists. We have common interests with Pakistan in dealing with threats to regional security.
“We partner with a number of Pakistani civilian organizations and are in regular contact with the Government of Pakistan to identify opportunities to strengthen regional security and capacity building, including counter-insurgency,” he said. Terrorism including annual high-level dialogues.
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In the context of border skirmishes and tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said in a conversation with Independent Urdu last week that Afghanistan has assured that Afghan land will not be used once morest any country including Pakistan. According to him, now is the time to act on these assurances.
Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that the land of Afghanistan should not be used for terrorist activities once morest any country including Pakistan. will not be used.’
He said that ‘Afghanistan’s leadership has given an assurance, but we think the time has come to implement this assurance.’
Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan reached a peak in March this year, when Pakistan carried out airstrikes once morest the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan, two days following seven Pakistani soldiers were killed in attacks in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. TTP) targeted several suspected hideouts.
Importantly, the Taliban administration in Kabul has been claiming not to allow the TTP or any other militant group to attack Pakistan or any other country from its territory. But in recent years, the TTP has carried out several attacks inside Pakistan, straining relations between Islamabad and the Afghan Taliban government.
The response of the spokesperson of the US State Department to the question related to the events of May 9 in Pakistan
In response to a question regarding the May 9 events in Pakistan, the US spokesman said, “We support legitimate, free speech, including the right to protest and peaceful assembly, and we oppose acts of violence.” Yes, we also oppose vandalism, looting, arson.’
Matthew Miller said all protests must be peaceful and governments must deal with them in a manner that respects the rule of law and freedom of expression.
On May 9, 2023, hundreds of people across the country protested once morest the arrest of the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan, while incidents of vandalism were also reported in several cities.
Hundreds of people, mostly PTI workers and leaders, were arrested for vandalism and arson.
Some of the hundreds of people arrested in connection with the May 9 incidents have been released, while many are still in prisons with pending cases once morest them.
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