Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa called US General John Nicholson, Resolute Support Mission (RSM) Commander in Afghanistan and expressed his concerns over continued acts of terrorism in Pakistan with impunity from Afghan soil.
nter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor said “Most of the [terrorist] incidents in Pakistan are claimed by terrorist organisations with leadership hiding in Afghanistan,”
Expressing concerns over the continued acts of terrorism in Pakistan with impunity from Afghanistan, the army chief told the US general that “such terrorist activities and inaction against them are testing our current policy of cross-border restraint,”
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General Bajwa also informed him about list of terrorists handed over to Afghan authorities for action against them who are hiding inside Afghanistan since long.
The US general expressed his condolences on loss of precious lives in recent terrorist incidents and assured him full assistance in response to his concerns.
The General also shared his plans to undertake special coordination at appropriate level between RSM, Afghan Security Forces and Pakistan