Taliban accuses Pakistan of allowing US drones in Afghan airspace

Read Time:1 Minute, 36 Second

The Taliban Defense Minister said Pakistan allowed American drones to use airspace to access Afghanistan, Pakistani’s new accusation has denied after the US air strike in Kabul.

Acting Defense Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob told reporters at a press conference in Kabul on Sunday that the American drone had entered Afghanistan through PakistanAccording to our information, drones entered through Pakistan to Afghanistan, they used Pakistan airspace, we asked Pakistan, not to use your airspace to fight us, “he said.

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry has rejected the accusations made by the Afghan Defense Minister, calling them “allegations” and added that the Taliban’s statement was “very regrettable”.

In the absence of evidence, as recognized by the Minister of Afghan himself, such allegations are very regrettable and oppose the norms of responsible diplomatic behavior,” the ministry said in a statement on Monday.

Pakistan reiterated his belief in the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states and condemned terrorism in all forms and manifestations.”

Pakistani authorities denied the involvement in or further knowledge about the strike of the United States drone said they were carried out in Kabul in July which killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri.

Intelligence has found the Al-Zawahiri family in Kabul earlier this year. An Egyptian surgeon with a prize of $ 25 million on his head, Al-Zawahiri helped coordinate the attack on September 11, 2001 in the US that killed nearly 3,000 people.

Previously, US officials who spoke on anonymous conditions told reporters that the CIA carried out a drone attack in Kabul using two missiles.

Yaqoob’s comments can worsen the tension between neighboring countries while the Taliban is mediating talks between the Pakistani government and the Pakistani Taliban, known as the TTP acronym.Afghanistan is also very dependent on trade with Pakistan when the country experienced an economic crisiThe Taliban said he was investigating July air strikes and had not found the body of Al-Qaeda leader.