Pak Army expresses concern over cross-border firing along Afghan border ANI | Updated: May 26, 2021 02:29 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has expressed concern about the recent cross-border firing incidents along the Afghan Border area, the Pakistan military s media wing said on Tuesday. Taking serious note of the recent cross border firing incidents from Afghanistan and regrouping of terrorist leadership/outfits across, forum expressed hope that Afghanistan soil will not be used against Pakistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a tweet.
This statement comes after Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa chaired a meeting with the country s top army brass at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.
Taliban captures a ‘district’ not far away from Kabul
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Media outlets in Afghanistan reported that Nirkh district of Maidan Wardak collapsed to the Taliban.
The Ministry of Interior on the other hand says that the Afghan National Defense and Security forces have made a tactical retreat from the region following heavy clashes on Tuesday afternoon.
According to MoI the defense forces retreated after inflicting heavy casualties on the Taliban fighters.
Meanwhile, the Taliban said they had seized the district compound, the district police headquarters, district’s intelligence department, and an army base.
In addition to inflicting heavy casualties to the government forces, many other security force members were captured and all their equipment was seized by the Taliban, a Taliban spokesman told media.
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday that Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa told him this week that the revival of an Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan was not in Pakistan’s interest.
“Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff has made it clear that reviving the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan is not in Pakistan’s national interest,” Ghani said.
After Eid prayers at the Presidential Palace on Thursday, Ghani addressed the nation and called on the Taliban to seize the current peace process opportunity and end the war.
He said the withdrawal of foreign troops was presenting the biggest chance for peace and he called on the Taliban not to miss this historic opportunity.
KABUL (Pajhwok): UK Chief of the Defence Staff
Sir Nick Carter has reaffirmed the UK’s continued commitment to work with both Afghanistan and Pakistan as partners in the fight against terrorism in the region, a statement said on Tuesday.
“General Sir Nick Carter and Tom Drew, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Director General for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan, travelled to Afghanistan at the invitation of President Ghani. As part of the visit, they participated in a bilateral meeting with Pakistani Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, which included discussions on the Afghan peace process.
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KABUL Pakistan’s army chief visited Afghanistan’s capital on Monday to meet President Ashraf Ghani, sources told Reuters, at a time of heightened uncertainty for the region as violence rises while the United States pulls out troops.
Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa was meeting Ghani, as well as other Afghan leaders in Kabul, two Afghan government sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak with media.
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