It is not right to involve Afghanistan in the attack of Chinese engineers: Afghan Taliban

The Defense Ministry of the Taliban government in Afghanistan has described as ‘irresponsible and unrealistic’ the claim by the Pakistani military that it has the ‘roots of recent acts of terrorism’ in Pakistan, including the targeting of Chinese engineers. I am

Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Ahmed Sharif said in a news conference on Tuesday that the suicide attack on Chinese engineers in Bisham was planned in neighboring Afghanistan.

On March 26, 2024, a suicide bomber targeted the vehicle of Chinese engineers working on the Dasu Dam in Bisham, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing five Chinese and one Pakistani national.

According to the spokesman of the Pakistani army, ‘the links of this suicide attack also go across the border, this attack was planned in Afghanistan. Terrorists, facilitators were being controlled from Afghanistan.

According to Major General Ahmed Sharif, the suicide bomber who targeted the Chinese engineers was also an Afghan citizen.

However, the Taliban government says that ‘to hold Afghanistan responsible for the incidents of insecurity in Pakistan is a failed attempt to divert attention from reality.’

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In a statement released on Wednesday by the Taliban government’s Ministry of National Defense in Afghanistan, the Pakistani army’s claim was “strongly rejected,” and Ministry of National Defense spokesman Inayatullah Khwarazmi said in a message on X: “Pakistani in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The killing of Chinese nationals under heavy security by the army shows the weakness of Pakistani security institutions and the responsibility of security rests with the Pakistani government.

The statement also said that the Taliban government has also assured the Chinese authorities about the matter “and they (Chinese authorities) have also understood the fact that Afghans are not involved in such matters.”

A statement from the Taliban’s Ministry of Defense claimed that ISIS fighters were coming to Afghanistan from Pakistan.

Pakistan has not said anything about the recent statement of the Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan, but the government and the army of Pakistan say that any kind of terrorism will not be tolerated in the country.

Taliban officials have maintained that they will not allow anyone to use Afghanistan’s territory against any other country.