Will ask Iran, Afghanistan not to allow their soil to be used against us: Pakistan

After the Peshawar attack, the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister has said that delegations will be sent to Iran and Afghanistan to ensure that the land is not used against Pakistan.

Islamabad will call on the Supreme Leader of the Afghan Taliban and Iranian authorities not to allow their territory to be used in attacks against Pakistan after the blast at peshawar's Police Lines mosque, Pakistani officials said on Saturday.

After the Taliban returned to power in Kabul, there has been a dramatic increase in terrorist attacks in Pakistan's areas bordering Afghanistan. More than 100 people were killed in a recent blast at a mosque in Peshawar's Police Lines.

According to the news agency AFP, Pakistani officials say that Afghanistan will ask the Supreme Leader of the Taliban to rein in the militants in Pakistan. The Afghan Taliban are led by Hibatullah Akhundzada, who issues orders from his hideout in the southern city of Kandahar.

"Pakistani delegations will be sent to Tehran and Kabul to ask the two countries to ensure that their soil is not used by terrorists against Pakistan," Special Assistant to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif Faisal Karim Kundi said. ‘

A senior khyber Pakhtunkhwa police official told AFP that the kabul-bound delegation would talk to the Taliban's top leadership.

"When we say the highest leadership, it means Habatullah Akhundzada, the head of the Afghan Taliban," he said, speaking on condition of anonymity. ‘

Afghan officials did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment on Pakistan's concerns.

But last Wednesday, Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaqi said in a statement that Pakistan "should not blame others" for terrorism in the country. ‘

"They (Pakistan) should look at the problems at their home and not blame Afghanistan.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police chief Moazzam Jah Ansari told the media that jamaat-ul-ahrar people may have been involved in the blast.

"The TTP has announced its indifference, but Jamaat-ul-Ahrar has claimed responsibility," the police chief said. It has been the case in the past that some actions are accepted by the TTP despite not doing it, while others do not accept it even after doing so. We will do research on our own and will not go into accepting or not taking responsibility for anyone. ‘

The blast at police lines in Peshawar came after the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced in late November last year that it would end a deal with the government and resume attacks across the country.

Police Lines is one of the most sensitive areas in Peshawar, with the Central Jail on one side and the Services Hospital on the other. In addition, the provincial assembly and civil secretariat are also in the same area.

On the other hand, in the recent Corps Commanders Conference held at GHQ under the chairmanship of Pakistan Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir, it was said about the Peshawar Police Lines attack that the culprits will be brought to justice.