INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pakistan&s Foreign Office has shed light on the operation the security forces conducted along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border earlier this
week and said their target had been militants associated with the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group.At her weekly media briefing, the foreign office
spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that on March 18, Pakistan conducted an intelligence-based operation on the Pakistan-Afghan border
whose target was terrorists associated with the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group.&The attacks did not target the civilian population of Afghanistan,&
she said, adding that Islamabad respects the regional security and sovereignty of Afghanistan.She also said Pakistan was ready to work
together with Afghanistan for a joint solution to the problems.&Pakistan has provided evidence of the presence of terrorists in Afghanistan
According to our latest information, the Afghan border is peaceful,& she added.Pakistan has repeatedly accused the Islamic Emirate of doing
nothing to crack down on anti-Pakistan militants in Afghanistan.However, the IEA has rejected claims of the presence of these militants and
has said on numerous occasions they will not allow any group to threaten another country from Afghanistan.The post Islamabad clarifies
reasons for military operations along Durand Line first appeared on Ariana News.
