Pakistan Defence Minister says ‘era of old relations with Kabul is over,’ urges all afghans to leave
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Friday launched a strong rebuke against Afghanistan, declaring that all Afghans living in Pakistan must return home and asserting that the “era of old relations” between the two nations has ended.
“All Afghans residing on Pakistani soil must return to their homeland; they now have their own government, their own caliphate in Kabul. Our land and resources belong to 250 million Pakistanis,” Asif said in a post on social media.
The statement came shortly after a 48-hour ceasefire expired at 6 p.m. local time. Although reports indicated that the truce had been extended and that delegations from both sides were expected to meet in Doha, Taliban officials accused Pakistan of conducting airstrikes in multiple districts of Afghanistan’s Paktika province along the Durand Line. Following the airstrikes, a senior Taliban figure told AFP that the truce had been “broken.”
Asif said Pakistan had shown restraint for years despite repeated provocations but could no longer continue the same approach. “Pakistan can no longer afford to maintain relations with Kabul as it did in the past,” he wrote, adding that Islamabad had sent 836 protest notes and 13 demarches to the Afghan authorities over cross-border terror incidents.
“There will no longer be protest notes or appeals for peace; no delegations will go to Kabul,” he said. “Wherever the source of terrorism lies, it will have to pay a heavy price.”
The minister accused the Taliban regime of acting as a “proxy of India” and conspiring with New Delhi and the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to destabilise the country. “The rulers of Kabul, who are now sitting in India’s lap and conspiring against Pakistan, were once under our protection, hiding on our land,” he alleged.
Asif further claimed that Pakistan has faced 10,347 terrorist attacks resulting in 3,844 deaths, including both civilians and security personnel after Taliban’s return to power in 2021.
The minister warned that any aggression from across the border would be met with a “strong and decisive response.” Earlier this week, he had said that Pakistan was ready to fulfil the Taliban’s “wish for war” if the group sought conflict.
Kabul has consistently denied Islamabad’s allegations, maintaining that Afghan soil is not being used to launch attacks against any neighbouring country.
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Rajasthan: Nursing student found dead with slit throat in Khairthal-Tijara district; accused held
Jaipur (PTI): A 20-year-old nursing student was found murdered with her throat slit in a rented room in Khairthal-Tijara district of Rajasthan, police said on Saturday.
The incident took place in a residential building in front of Mundawar police station on Friday afternoon, they said.
The accused, Upendra Kumar (21) from Haryana's Mahendergarh, was arrested while trying to flee the spot.
The father of the deceased alleged that his daughter was kidnapped, raped and then killed.
The incident sparked outrage among local residents, who blocked the main road for about 30 minutes before police dispersed them.
Police said the accused lived in the same rented premises.
Mundwar Station House Officer Ramniwas Meena said Upendra Kumar has been arrested based on complaint filed by the deceased woman's father.
Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition Tikaram Jully termed the murder proof that women remain highly unsafe in Rajasthan and accused the BJP government of turning a blind eye to such crimes.
"It is being proved that women are extremely unsafe in Rajasthan. A nursing student was abducted, raped and brutally murdered by slitting her throat in Mundawar. People are outraged but the BJP government has shut its eyes and ears to everything," he said.
