After Taliban’s Takeover, Terrorist Attacks Increased In Pakistan, Says Pak FM

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistan’s foreign minister, announced that after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, terrorist incidents have increased in Pakistan.

He also stressed that cooperation and engagement between Pakistan and the Taliban is necessary and asked the group to fulfil their commitments.

On Thursday, Pakistani media quoted Pakistan's foreign minister as saying that if the Taliban want diplomatic recognition, they should pay attention to international concerns.

After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) increased its attacks in Pakistan.

Pakistan’s army has repeatedly emphasised that TTP has a safe haven in Afghanistan and organises its attacks against the Pakistani government from there.

Afghan and Pakistani Taliban have enjoyed close relations. In the past months, the Afghan Taliban hosted peace talks between the Pakistan army and the TTP. However, these talks have not yielded any results.

However, reliable sources confirmed to Afghanistan International recently that a decree was issued by Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, Taliban’s leader, that war in Pakistan is prohibited and "haram".

Mufti Abdul Rauf, a member of the Supreme Court of the Taliban, also announced that "Afghanistan’s people jihad against other countries is absolutely not permissible".