Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has denied claims made by Pakistani authorities regarding the spate of attacks in the neighbouring nation and stated that Islamabad was in charge of coming up with a solution on its own.
Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, recently asserted that "Afghan citizens" across the border were aiding militants responsible for a wave of suicide attacks in the nation, including a blast in July that left at least 63 people dead in northwest Pakistan.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the head of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, said in a statement on Tuesday night that "after the recent security incident in Pakistan, officials have once again blamed Afghans instead of strengthening the security of their country."
"The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan vehemently refutes these accusations and maintains that Afghanistan is a nation that has recently emerged from a protracted war and does not wish to endanger the security of any nation, particularly its neighbours."
Officials in Pakistan have attributed the rise in terrorist attacks to the illegal Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which Islamabad claims was emboldened by the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021.
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After Kabul fell in 2021, the TTP publicly swore allegiance to the Afghan Taliban, but the latter rejected them and they continued to exist as a separate militant organisation.
Mujahid continued, "The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan reiterates that it opposes any attack on Pakistan and that no one will be permitted to use Afghan soil against Pakistan.
"However, it is not our duty to foresee or manage attacks inside Pakistani territory."
When Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi met with Pakistan's special representative for Afghanistan, Asif Durrani, in Kabul last month, Afghan officials responded to similar allegations in the past in the same way.
When attacks happen, Afghanistan and Pakistan should come up with a "common solution," Mujahid said, adding that "blaming is not the solution."
The security situation in Afghanistan and the surrounding area "has significantly improved over the past two years, since the establishment of an Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan," according to Mujahid. "Only in Pakistan have security incidents increased; it is up to Pakistan to find a solution on its own."
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According to a security analyst based in Kabul named Mohammad Sadiq Shinwari, the allegations made by Pakistan could "damage the strategic and diplomatic relations of both countries."
In order to address the issues at hand, Shinwari advised Pakistan to "share its intelligence concerns with the intelligence officials of the Afghan government in order to address the issues at hand."
