ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has urged Afghanistan’s leadership to pay attention to the issues of their own country rather than making statements against others.
Rejecting the tweets by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Thursday said such irresponsible statements were only gross interference.
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The Foreign Minister called upon Afghan leadership to focus on long-standing serious grievances of Afghan people.
Earlier today, Ghani took to Twitter to express concerns over the recent crackdown against protesters staging demonstration against the killing of Arman Loni.
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“The Afghan government has serious concerns about the violence perpetrated against peaceful protestors and civil activists in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan,” he said.
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“We believe it is the moral responsibility of every government to support civil activities that take a stand against the terrorism and extremism that plagues and threatens our region and collective security.”
The Afghan president warned of “long-standing negative consequences.”
The ties between Islamabad and Kabul remain frosty despite Pakistan playing a key role in bringing Afghan Taliban to the negotiating table in talks with the United States.
