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Pakistan rejects reports it helped Taliban take Panjshir
[NATION.PK] Pakistain on Thursday rejected claims of Islamabad's involvement in the recent fall of Panjshir province to the Afghan Taliban
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, terming them baseless allegations.Responding to questions about stories carried by certain segments of the international media alluding to Pakistain’s "involvement" in Panjshir, Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar categorically rejected these allegations as part of a mischievous propaganda campaign against Pakistain, the Foreign Ministry said late Thursday in a statement.

"Noting as to how part of the Indian media’s fake news had been thoroughly exposed, the spokesperson said these malicious allegations were part of a desperate attempt to malign Pakistain and to mislead the international community," it added.

The FO reiterated Pakistain’s abiding commitment to a peaceful, stable, sovereign and prosperous Afghanistan.

On Monday, the Taliban seized Panjshir, which was the last of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces not under their control, overpowering forces led by Ahmad Massoud, son of the famed anti-Taliban fighter Ahmad Shah Massoud.




Posted by: Fred 2021-09-11
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