Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party head Mahamood Khan Achakzai has said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa belongs to Afghans.
Achakzai who leads the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party in a statement published in Afghanistan Times said “If Afghans are harassed in other parts of Pakistan, they should come here to the Pakhtunkhwa province, where no one can ask them for refugee cards, because it also belongs to them,”
“Kabul and Islamabad should exercise extreme caution to resolve Torkham crossing conflict. Otherwise, they should leave the issue to the US and China, and they would resolve it within two weeks,”
Pakistan paramilitary forces attempted to build a gate in the zero point of the crossing, that resulted in fight between Afghan and Pakistan forces. Both sides received casualties during fighting.
“Torkham and forcedly repatriation of Afghan refugees are two separate issues. It not only raised concerns among Afghan officials in Afghanistan, but also made Pashtun leaders concerned in here,” he added.
His statement drew strong condemnations from people on social media with some suggesting that he should be sent to Afghanistan.
