QUETTA (Kashmir English): Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan (TTA) have been actively carrying out terrorist activities in Pakistan.
This was stated by Home Minister Balochistan, Ziaullah Lango. Addressing a press conference along with DIG CTD and Additional Secretary Interior, Hamza Shafqaat, the minister said that both organizations were actively involved in terrorist activities in Pakistan.
He said the terrorist organizations are involved in terrorist activities, including bomb blasts and other violent incidents.
He said significant progress has been made in security agencies’ operations against terrorists in Balochistan adding Afghan terrorist Habibullah has been arrested in a major operation by security forces in Balochistan.
“The arrested Afghan terrorist has confessed to attacking security personnel in Pakistan in collaboration with the TTA. The arrested terrorist’s brother, Sher Afghan, is also affiliated with the TTP and is a resident of Paktika.”
The minister said that the terrorist group was led by a person named “Muslim”. He further said that the arrested Afghan terrorist targeted security forces personnel during Pak-Afghan clashes. The arrested Afghan terrorist Habibullah was previously imprisoned for one month.
Additional Secretary Interior Balochistan
“During interrogation, it was revealed that the arrested terrorist has neither sufficient knowledge of religion nor any real affiliation with it. These elements are spreading terrorism in the country merely for the sake of a few rupees,” said Additional Secretary Interior, Hamza Shafqaat.
Balochistan Home Minister said for decades, attempts have been made to spread instability in Pakistan under a conspiracy. “We have consistently told the international community that Pakistan is a responsible country. Pakistan is attacking terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan for the protection of its citizens.”
He said Pakistan has no animosity towards the people of Afghanistan. “We will give a strong response to those who cast an evil eye on Pakistan,” the minister added.
The minister told media that Pakistan has provided concrete evidence multiple times that Afghanistan’s soil is being used against Pakistan.
“The Government of Pakistan has repeatedly urged the Afghan Taliban regime to prevent its soil from being used against Pakistan.”
The minister said he wanted to present evidence of terrorism by Afghanistan in Pakistan through media interaction.
He said Afghan terrorist Habibullah, who belongs to Afghanistan, has been arrested by the security agencies.
The minister further said that the government has decided that Afghan refugees residing illegally in Pakistan will be repatriated.
He said thousands of intelligence-based operations have been conducted against terrorists in Balochistan. “So far, 960,000 illegally residing Afghan nationals have been deported from the province,” he added.
Additional Secretary Interior said that terrorist Habibullah is affiliated with the TTA and was arrested before but was released as an ordinary citizen under goodwill. He said Habibullah was re-arrested from the Kuchlak area, which exposed cross-border terrorism links. TTA and TTP are jointly carrying out terrorist activities in Balochistan, he added.
