LAHORE: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday said that 45 percent of Afghanistan’s territory is now under the direct control of Daesh and the Taliban.
While addressing a Senate session, he asserted that the terrorists do not need Pakistan’s land to operate as they already have taken control over nearly half of the Afghan territory.
Foreign Minister also claimed that Afghanistan is playing a role of facilitator for India, adding it is ‘unacceptable for Pakistan’.
“Peace in Pakistan is linked with stability in Afghanistan,” he added.
Responding to the allegations of ‘harboring terrorism’ levelled against Pakistan he said, “We have brought peace back to our territory and fought away those who were the cause of drone attacks in our land”.
“Pakistan may not be a superpower but a nation who has sacrificed his people in the war against terror,” he said.
He went on to say that his government neither accepted any kind of pressure nor took any order from anyone.
He also reconfirmed Pakistan’s commitment to continue to fight against terrorism but without becoming someone’s proxy.
