By Faridullah Hussainkhail
Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri, on Tuesday called on Pakistan to prevent terrorists from coming in to Afghanistan and urged Pakistan to stop supporting terrorists.
At a media briefing on defense ministry issues Waziri said terrorist group leaders are based in Pakistan and some had even been killed in Pakistan.
Four big terrorist groups are active in Afghanistan – all of which are all located in Pakistan, Waziri said.
“First is an international (group) which are Al-Qaeda and Daesh, second is regional, like Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and Chechen (movements), and third are those groups that belong to Pakistan like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and fourth are our own armed oppositions like Taliban and Haqqani network,” Waziri said.
“Friendship with Pakistan is in our interest but if Pakistan accepts,” Waziri added.
This comes after the Afghan National Unity Government (NUG) in January asked the then incoming U.S government to increase pressure on Pakistan in order to get them to stop backing insurgent groups that continue to wage war against Afghans.
Relations between Kabul and Islamabad have been tense in recent years, with both countries accusing each other of not doing enough to tackle Pakistani and Afghan Taliban militants.
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