Plot to kill Chinese engineers hatched in Afghanistan: DG ISPR briefs media
On March 26, a suicide attack on a convoy in Bisham tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Shangla killed five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani citizen.
The plot to kill the Chinese engineers was hatched in Afghanistan, said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Maj-Gen Ahmed Sharif as he briefed the media on Tuesday.
“A sad incident took place on March 26 in Bisham where a suicide bomber targeted a car of Chinese engineers working on Dasu dam, as a result of which, five Chinese citizens and a Pakistani got killed. This suicide bombing also connects to across the border [in Afghanistan]; the planning of this terrorism [act] was done in Afghanistan. Terrorists and their facilitators were also being controlled from Afghanistan and the suicide bomber was also an Afghan [national],” he said.
DG ISPR in a press briefing addressed recent tensions with Afghanistan and terrorist attacks mounted from Afghan territory against Pakistan.
Maj-Gen Ahmed Sharif maintained that the attacks are being carried out in the country despite Pakistan’s help to Afghanistan.
DG ISPR said that during the war on terror, Pakistan had lost a large number of its soldiers and law enforcement personnel. “
Everyone knows that Pakistan tried its best for peace in the region, especially in Afghanistan. Pakistan’s role has been the most vital for peace in the region.”
He added that Pakistan has worked hard towards peace in Afghanistan.
He added that the country has highlighted this issue on the international platform.
DG ISPR reiterated that the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban was using the Afghanistan soil against Pakistan.
He added that Pakistan had helped Afghanistan and reminded that one of the pledges made by the interim government in Kabul was to not let Afghan soil be used for any terror acts.
Maj-Gen Sharif maintained that there was “concrete evidence” that outlawed TTP terrorists were still using Afghan soil to launch attacks in Pakistan.
Maj Gen Sharif added that in this regard, the Foreign Office (FO) has registered 12 protests with the interim Afghan authorities and the army chief has taken a clear stance that Pakistan has its reservations about hideouts of banned outfits in Afghanistan.
“Pakistan will leave no stone unturned to eradicate terror networks and provide protection to its citizens at all costs,” he maintained, adding, that the armed forces of Pakistan will go to every extent to suppress the terrorists and their patrons and enablers.
On March 26, a suicide attack on a convoy in Bisham tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Shangla killed five Chinese nationals and a Pakistani citizen.
