Islamabad, August 01, 2023 (PPI-OT): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has urged the Afghan interim authorities to act against TTP and other terrorists operating from Afghanistan and carrying out terrorist activities inside Pakistan. He was responding to a question at the launching ceremony of the Digitized System under FM’s Change Management Initiative in Islamabad on Tuesday. The Foreign Minister said Pakistan should not be compelled to go for this option.

Quoting international law, he said Afghan interim government should fulfill its commitments made under the Doha Agreement that it would not allow anyone to use its soil for terrorist activities against any country. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, however, said Pakistan should be ready to extend all necessary assistance and cooperation to Afghanistan for the capacity building of Afghan security agencies to fight terrorism. Answering another question, the Foreign Minister said unfortunately, NATO’s leftover supplies, after the fall of Kabul, have gone in the hands of terrorists and criminal gangs.

Replying to a question, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said Pakistan does not want to become part of any bloc politics on the world stage. Talking about Pakistan’s policy to deal with the scourge of terrorism, the Foreign Minister said we do not want any appeasement with terrorists and we are committed to bring peace to our country and establish writ of the state.

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