PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Pakistan says it is in contact with the interim Afghan government on security and counterterrorism issues.
A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office in Islamabad said Pakistan had also shared its concerns regarding terrorist entities with hideouts in Afghanistan.
For its part, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has repeatedly said it would not allow any individual or group to operate on Afghanistan’s soil against any country.
At a weekly news briefing on Friday, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said all these matters were discussed during the defence minister’s recent visit to the neighbouring country.
Asked about an Afghan delegation’s follow-up visit to Pakistan and the discussions held between the two sides, she refused to come up with a direct answer.
“Any visits or discussions that pertain to security and counterterrorism are sensitive in nature. I would, therefore, not like to divulge the nature of these discussions,” Baloch remarked.
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