Pakistan has asked Kabul to concentrate on addressing its internal problems through political processes instead of blaming Pakistan for the upsurge in violence in Afghanistan. "The Afghan government's failure to deal with the situation cannot be placed at Pakistan's door," Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam said in her weekly briefing in Islamabad on Monday. Aslam said the recent violence in Afghanistan showed that the Taliban were operating from inside Afghanistan and Kabul should not blame Pakistan for its weaknesses. She said the Afghan government had failed to tackle the unrest and become frustrated, making baseless allegations against Pakistan. She said Pakistan had tried its best for peace in Afghanistan but it was the duty of the Afghan government to work for national reconciliation. Pakistan had made several suggestions to bring peace in Afghanistan, including increased tripartite coordination, fencing of the Pak-Afghan border, return of Afghan refugees and regular meetings of foreign ministers.
She said Pakistan was also suffering from infiltration from the Afghan side and had done more than anyone to control terrorism in the area by deploying over 80,000 troops and setting up 800 border posts.