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The Taliban Defense Minister said on Sunday that Pakistan had allowed US drones to use airspace to access Afghanistan, who was rejected by the Pakistani Foreign Minister.
Pakistani authorities previously denied the involvement in or further knowledge about the drone attacks said by the United States in Kabul in July which killed Al Qaeda Ayman Al-Zawahiri leader.
Afghan Acting Minister of Defense Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob told a press conference in Kabul that the American drone had entered Afghanistan through Pakistan.According to our information, drones entered through Pakistan to Afghanistan, they used Pakistan airspace, we asked Pakistan, not to use your airspace to fight us, “he said.
A spokesman for the US Central Intelligence Agency refused to comment.Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari told Reuters that he had checked after the air strike and was told that Pakistan’s airspace was not used. He said he would check again after the accusation of Sunday but hoped the position was the same.
I really do not believe that this is the time I want to debate with anyone or have accusations … frankly, I focus on flood assistance efforts, “said Bhutto-Zardari in an interview, referring to a deadly flood in Pakistan who has made Millions of people lose their homes.
The Afghan regime has promised not only for its own people, but for the international community, that they will not allow their land to be used for terrorists,” he said.
The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement that said it recorded Yaqoob’s comments with “deep worries”.
In the absence of evidence, as recognized by the Minister of Afghan himself, allegations such allegations are very regrettable and oppose the norms of responsible diplomatic behavior,” the statement said.
US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken said the Taliban “violated” the 2020 agreement on the withdrawal of troops led by the US from Afghanistan by hosting and protecting Zawahiri.
The Taliban said he was investigating July air strikes and had not found the body of Al Qaeda leader.Yaqoob’s comments can worsen the tension between Afghanistan and his neighbors when the Afghan Taliban mediates the conversation between Pakistan and the Pakistani Taliban militant group.
Afghanistan, who is experiencing an acute economic crisis, is also very dependent on trade with Pakistan.
