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Khawaja Asif, Pakistan’s Defense Minister, has warned that the country may carry out decisive operations against the ruling group in Afghanistan in response to a militant attack on a police checkpoint in Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
According to Geo News, Khawaja Asif said that Pakistan would deal with the Kabul administration in the same way it responded during last year’s war with India.
India and Pakistan engaged in a four-day conflict in May last year following a terrorist attack on Indian soil. Pakistan claims that it inflicted heavy damage during the confrontation, including on advanced Indian fighter jets.
On Monday, Khawaja Asif claimed that India’s proxy war against Pakistan continues under the umbrella of the ruling group in Afghanistan. He said: “No one in human history has been as ungrateful as the Taliban.”
Pakistan supported the ruling group during its two-decade war against the former Afghan government and US forces. Khawaja Asif had also officially expressed happiness after the fall of the former government and the group’s return to power.
Pakistan’s Defense Minister said: “We will avenge every drop of blood shed as a result of this terrorism, and we will not rest until the complete elimination of terrorists.”
On Monday, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry summoned the chargé d’affaires of the Kabul administration’s embassy in Islamabad over the May 9 attack on a police checkpoint in Bannu district and handed over a protest note.
Pakistan has claimed that the attack was planned inside Afghanistan. The Foreign Ministry said that, based on investigations, evidence, and intelligence information, the attack was orchestrated by militants based in Afghanistan.
Fifteen Pakistani security personnel were killed in the attack.