Pak minister Aasif: Pakistani soil is not used against any country
Pak minister Aasif: Pakistani soil is not used against any country
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 Pak minister Aasif: Pakistani soil is not used against any country

NEW YORK: Pakistan got a proposal to convert Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav into a terrorist who carried out the horrific 2014 Peshawar school attack and is now jailed in Afghanistan, foreign minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif has claimed.

Asif, however, did not state the name of the terrorist and the National Security Advisor who had made the proposal.

"The terrorist who killed children in APS (Army Public School) in Peshawar is in Afghan custody. The National Security Advisor (NSA) told me that we can replace that terrorist with the terrorist you have, which is Kulbhushan Jadhav," Asif told the audience after his speech at the Asia Society here yesterday.

He talked about Pakistan's vision for and approach towards regional peace and development during his conversion with author and journalist Steve Coll.

Asif said Pakistan had suffered deadly from conflict and volatility in Afghanistan.

"Unless this cycle is upturned, we would carry on bearing the brunt. No country, therefore, has a larger stake in seeing peace and stability return to Afghanistan than Pakistan. unfortunately, the situation in Afghanistan is getting poorer," he said.

Jadhav, a 46-year-old retired Indian Navy officer, was in April sentenced to death by Pakistan's Field General Court Martial on charges of his alleged "involvement in espionage and sabotage activities" against Pakistan.

Asif said there was no military solution to Afghanistan. He said Pakistan had in the past done all it could to make possible a political settlement.

"We have also done all that we could to make sure that Pakistani soil is not used against any country," he said.

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