Pakistan summons Afghan envoy over Karachi Rangers attack, issues demarches
Pakistan said Afghan nationals helped plan the Karachi attack as it reported killing 29 militants in retaliatory border operations, officials said.
- On Monday, Pakistan summoned the Afghan chargé d'affaires to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and issued a strong demarche over the terrorist attack on a Pakistan Rangers camp in Karachi.
- Three Pakistan Rangers personnel were martyred and four injured on Saturday when militants belonging to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, described by officials as an 'Indian proxy,' attacked the camp.
- Information Minister Attaullah Tarar announced security forces killed 29 terrorists during 'precision strikes' on three targets in Afghanistan and a ground operation in Bajaur under Operation Ghazb Lil Haq.
- Afghanistan rejected the allegations, claiming the strikes killed 36 civilians and injured 163 others, while accusing Pakistan of violating airspace and targeting civilian areas.
- Rising violence, including a May attack in Bannu that killed 15 police personnel, continues to fuel tensions as Islamabad repeatedly urges the Afghan Taliban to dismantle terrorist sanctuaries.
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Pakistan strikes terrorist camps in Afghanistan after Karachi attack
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Monday summoned the Afghan chargé d’affaires and lodged a strong diplomatic protest over the recent terrorist attack in Karachi, saying the involvement of Afghan nationals in the incident reinforced its longstanding concerns that Afghan soil continues to be used to orchestrate terrorist attacks inside Pakistan.
Pakistan Says 29 Militants Killed as Border Strikes Trigger Diplomatic Row With Afghanistan
Islamabad summoned Afghanistan’s charge d'affaires over the Karachi Rangers attack, alleging Afghan territory and nationals were used in planning and facilitating the assault.
Pakistan summons Afghan envoy over Karachi Rangers attack, issues demarches
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said on Monday that the Afghan chargé d’affaires was summoned and issued a strong demarche over the terrorist attack on the Rangers camp in Karachi. On Saturday, security forces foiled a terrorist attack in Karachi, in which three Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) personnel embraced martyrdom and four others were injured. The attack, according to the military’s media wing, was launched by …
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