Pakistan continues to face cross-border attack from Afghanistan: Dar

The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Tuesday said Pakistan continues to face cross-border terrorist attacks especially by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from Afghan soil, and was taking all necessary measures to counter these threats.Ishaq Dar stressed that “The IAG (interim Afghan government) must take decisive action to prevent terrorism within and from Afghanistan.”Despite the cross-border terrorism, Pakistan will continue its engagement with the interim government in Kabul, facilitate humanitarian support to the millions of destitute people in Afghanistan and support Afghanistan’s economic and social development,” he said.Pakistan, he added, has been at the forefront of the fight against terrorism, sacrificing thousands of lives to dismantle terrorist networks and prevent the spread of extremism.”All terrorist groups — Daesh, Al-Qaeda, TTP, ETIM, IMU, and emerging right-wing extremist groups — must be opposed with equal determination,” Senator Ishaq Dar said, adding that double standards must be rejected.