The US said that Pakistan has the right to defend itself against terrorism as the country has suffered a lot from terrorist attacks.
The US statement came after Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah threatened to target Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in Afghanistan if Kabul did not take action to eliminate them.
The National Security Committee (NSC), headed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, has also asked the government in Kabul – without naming names – not to provide safe havens to terrorist groups on its soil.
Pakistan has seen a sharp rise in terrorist incidents especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan over the past few months after the TTP announced the end of ceasefire with Pakistan.
Speaking at the weekly press conference in Washington, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that we are aware of the recent statement by the Pakistani National Security Committee.
“Pakistani people have suffered a lot from terrorist attacks. Pakistan has the right to defend itself against terrorism.”
Price said the United States calls on the Taliban to uphold their commitment to ensuring that Afghan soil is never again used as a launch pad for international terrorist attacks.
“These are among the promises that the Taliban have so far been unable or unwilling to fulfill,” he said.
The spokesman said that it has been repeatedly said that there will be a response from the United States.
“The Taliban made promises to the international community. But more importantly, they made promises to the Afghan people. Those are the promises we are most concerned about. Among those promises, the Taliban made But when it comes to them, they have broken it time and again. Their people insist on human rights,” he asserted.
A State Department spokesman continued, “Until the Taliban is able to deliver on these promises, we will respond in a way that will continue to support the Afghan people to the highest degree of condemnation. And we will be very careful.” Do anything that would further harm the human well-being of the Afghan people.”
