India sponsoring terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan, says DG ISPR

Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in Pakistan, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, has accused India of sponsoring terrorist groups operating from Afghan territory. In an interview with Reuters, Chaudhry stated that the Afghan Taliban regime was acting as a proxy in attacks against Pakistan, rejecting allegations that Pakistan was supporting former Afghan government officials or other groups opposed to the Taliban.

Chaudhry identified the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) as groups operating as proxies of India, and also referenced the presence of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), Al-Qaeda, and Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) in Afghanistan. He argued that these groups could not be tolerated in any country and emphasized that their presence in Afghanistan was supported by United Nations reports and intelligence assessments from the United States and other countries.

Chaudhry warned that Afghanistan's main exports, terrorism and drug production, posed threats to the region and the wider world, and called on the Afghan authorities to stop supporting terrorism and drug production. He also noted that Pakistan was engaging with the Afghan authorities to prevent attacks inside Pakistan and the harboring of militant leaders.

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