'Not enough,' DPM Ishaq Dar says Afghan Taliban jailed hundreds of TTP militants ( Geo TV ).

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'Not enough,' DPM -  Ishaq Dar says Afghan Taliban jailed hundreds of TTP militants ( Geo TV ).

akistan was ready for a cleanup operation in Afghanistan but halted it due to Qatar's intervention, says DPM.

  • Dar urges Kabul to ensure zero cross-border militant activity.
  • Pakistan reiterates demand for decisive action against TTP.
  • Pakistan did not close border with Afghanistan "out of happiness."
  • Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Saturday that during his recent visit to Kabul, the Afghan Taliban interim rulers informed him about the detention of hundreds of TTP militants.
  •  "[Afghan Foreign Minister] Amir Muttaqi invited Pakistan to send a delegation to come and verify arrests of hundreds of TTP members," the deputy premier said while terming the TTP militants detention "not enough". 

    • Briefing the media on his recent visits to Moscow, Berlin and Brussels, Dar urged the interim rulers to ensure Afghan soil is not used for terrorism against Pakistan.

    "Islamabad maintains that far more decisive and sustained action is needed against TTP [Fitna al-Khawarij] elements operating from Afghan soil," he added.

    Fitna al Khawarij is a term the state uses for terrorists belonging to the banned TTP.

    Pakistan has witnessed a sharp rise in terrorism since 2021, the year that the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, and despite Islamabad’s repeated requests, the regime has yet to rein in terrorists using its soil for cross-border terrorism.

    The ties between the neighbours have strained further since October, when the two sides engaged in clashes. Taliban forces, along with TTP militants, attacked Pakistani posts, martyring nearly two dozen soldiers, following which Pakistan launched major attacks against Afghanistan.

    A ceasefire was eventually reached in Doha with the help of friendly nations, but negotiations ended without a long-term deal after Kabul did not provide a written commitment to take action against militants sought by Islamabad.

    The deputy prime minister said Pakistan and Afghanistan have had no high-level engagement for the past four years, stressing that such interaction must be restored.

    He urged the Afghan Taliban leadership to review its policy, warning that Pakistan had "carried the coffins of its own soldiers" due to continued terrorist attacks.

    'Cleanup operation'

    Responding to a question during the briefing, the foreign minister said that Pakistan was prepared to launch a cleanup operation in Afghanistan when friendly nation Qatar alongside Turkiye offered to mediate between the two countries.

    "They [Qatar] were aware of our planned kinetic operation, and they requested us to stop and took responsibility of resolving the matter," he said, thanking PM Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir for halting the operation.

    However, Dar regretted, the two to three rounds of negotiations yielded no results. He added that the mediators withdrew in "embarrassment" after the Taliban refused to soften their position.

    He said Pakistan did not close the border with Afghanistan "out of happiness," but due to security imperatives, adding that within the Afghan Taliban regime, "half are inclined toward peace, while the other half think otherwise."

    At the same presser, Dar said Pakistan was mulling to allow supply of essential foodstuff for the Afghan people only on the request of the United Nations.

    He informed that they received a request from the UN for reconsideration of permission to allow humanitarian aid for the Afghan people.

    He said that permission over essential foodstuffs might be granted in a day.

    ‘Pakistan ready to contribute to Gaza peace force’

    Speaking about the contribution of Pakistani troops to the proposed International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in Gaza, Dar said Pakistan had made it clear that the proposal should have the recognition by the UNSC.

    Pakistan had proposed changes in the US-drafted resolution in the UNSC, in consultation with eight other key countries, and eventually it was passed.

    However, with regard to disarming of Hamas by the ISF, he made it clear that Pakistan like with other key countries, was not ready for that as it was the domain of the Palestinian law enforcement forces.

    Pakistan was ready to contribute for ISF but first, its ToRs, mandate and role should be clearly decided, till then they could not make a final decision, Malaysia also had objections over proposed ISF role to disarm Hamas, he added.

    — With additional input from APP    

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