Will Not Forget Pakistan's Benevolence Or Its Aggression, Says Taliban’s Foreign Minister
The Taliban's foreign minister called the Pakistani airstrike on Paktika a great injustice and said that Afghans do not forget anyone's good or evil deeds.
The Taliban's foreign minister called the Pakistani airstrike on Paktika a great injustice and said that Afghans do not forget anyone's good or evil deeds.
"We will not forget Pakistan's benevolence during the time of jihad, but we will not forget Pakistan's aggression on Afghan soil today," said Amir Khan Muttaqi.
Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Thursday, December 26, at a meeting marking the 45th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, that Pakistan had killed Waziristani refugees, including children, women and elders, in the attack on Paktika.
Muttaqi stressed that Waziristani refugees had taken refuge in Afghanistan ten years ago after the destruction of their homes by the Pakistani government and were now living in difficult conditions.
He called on Pakistan to not look down on Afghanistan. Muttaqi added that Pakistan "should know that Afghanistan is an honourable neighbour and has respectable people and politicians".
He warned the Pakistani government to look at the fate of the former Soviet Union and Britain in Afghanistan and learn from it.
The Taliban's foreign minister said that on the one hand, Pakistan sent its political delegation to Kabul for talks and on the other hand, the country attacked Paktika at the same time. He called Pakistan's move disrespectful to the Pakistani delegation.
On Tuesday, Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan's special representative for Afghanistan affairs, had traveled to Kabul and met with a number of Taliban officials. On Tuesday evening, Pakistani warplanes attacked Barmal district of Paktika.
