He says the Karachi attack showed that Afghan soil was still being used for terrorism inside Pakistan.
Police officers stand guard at the main entrance gate of the Ministry of External Affairs in Islamabad. Photo: Archive
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said on Monday that the Afghan chargé d’affaires was summoned and issued a firm statement on the terrorist attack on the Rangers camp in Karachi.
On Saturday, security forces foiled a terror attack in Karachi, in which three members of the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) embraced martyrdom and four others were injured. The attack, according to army media, was launched by “Khwarij belonging to the Indian proxy, Jamaat-ul-AhrarThe attackers, after an explosion at the main gate of the Rangers camp, attempted to breach the security perimeter but were repelled by personnel who killed three Kharjis and captured one, identified as an injured Afghan citizen.
According to Andrabi, “The Afghan chargé d’affaires was summoned before the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last night and a firm demarche was issued regarding the Karachi terrorist attack. A similar demarche was conveyed by the Pakistani ambassador, Mr. Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani, to the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
He said the management “was issued in light of the fact that Afghan nationals, including one detained alive, participated in this attack, demonstrating once again that Afghan soil and Afghan citizens continue to be used to orchestrate terrorist attacks inside Pakistan.”
In May, Pakistan summoned the Afghan charge d’affaires and issued a “strong representation” over a vehicle-based improvised explosive device attack carried out by Fitna al-Khawarij against a police post in the Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, killing 15 police officers.
The terrorists had rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the Fateh Khel police check post, killing 15 personnel and injuring three others. The attack caused a massive explosion that destroyed the checkpoint and left several staff trapped under the rubble.
The administration “conveyed that a detailed investigation into the incident, together with evidence and technical intelligence, indicated that the attack was planned by terrorists residing in Afghanistan,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had said.
He added: “Reiterating Pakistan’s grave concern over the continued use of Afghan soil for terrorist attacks against Pakistan, it was made clear to the Afghan side that Pakistan reserves the right to respond decisively against the perpetrators of this barbaric act.”
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Following the terrorist attack on the Rangers camp in Karachi, as well as those in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said Pakistani security forces continued Operation Ghazab Lil Haq.
The operation, launched in late February, followed fresh clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, in which Afghan Taliban forces fired at multiple locations, prompting swift military retaliation by Islamabad. Clashes intensified after Afghanistan launched a border offensive in response to Pakistani airstrikes on terrorist positions.
Islamabad accuses the Afghan Taliban of harboring militants who launch attacks in Pakistan, although Kabul denies this and calls militancy an internal Islamabad problem.
The two sides agreed to a week-long ceasefire on the eve of Eidul Fitr on March 18, following requests from Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. In April, Pakistan presented three key demands to the Afghan Taliban during peace talks in Urumqi, China, including Kabul’s formal declaration of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as a terrorist organization, dismantling its infrastructure and presenting verifiable evidence of the action.
The demands form the basis of Pakistan’s negotiating position, which sources say has hardened amid persistent security concerns.
