The banned TTP is Pakistan’s redline, and Islamabad’s relationship with Kabul will suffer if the terrorist group is not under control, according to Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto on Thursday.
“We won’t ignore if we found out that Taliban are not stopping TTP,” Bilawal Bhutto said in a statement to the media at the Pakistani Embassy in Washington.
Since the Bannu hostage crisis rocked the nation, the security system in the nation has been on high alert due to the increased number of terror occurrences. Assaults on the police force in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this year resulted in the deaths of over 120 officers and the injuries of over 125 others.
The senior Pakistani diplomat is currently in the US, where he attended meetings, spoke at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., and met with the head of the UN.
Bilawal expressed his concern over the country’s deteriorating law and order situation as a result of an increase in TTP assaults from Afghan territory and promised Pakistani assistance if necessary if the Taliban carried out operations against the extremists.
According to him, there is no new agreement about anti-terrorism cooperation with the US.
“We urge to release frozen funds for the Afghan people not for the Taliban. They [Taliban] promised with US and the world to take action against extremist groups,” said Bilawal.
In response to a question, the foreign minister said that the building owned by Pakistan in Washington must be sold as the condition of the property is bad.
“Taxes and other expenses are high on it. But I am not in favor of selling the hotel in New York.”
When asked about the elections in Pakistan, Bilawal responded that they would take place as scheduled and that Imran Khan wanted early elections to help with the rigging.
According to the foreign minister, institutions kept to their constitutional obligations, but some politicians promoted hostility and gave the impression that political disagreements were a source of hostility.
