ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that airstrikes by the Pakistani armed forces on targets in Afghanistan hit terrorists and not the local civilian population.
Speaking at a weekly briefing, FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that Islamabad had provided Kabul many times with evidence of terrorists on Afghan soil and asserted that the country would not tolerate terrorist activities on its territory.
“On March 18, based on intelligence, an operation was conducted against the terrorist groups Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Gul Bahadur,” Baloch said.
She added that according to the latest reports, there is calm on the Pak-Afghan border and Islamabad wishes to resolve all conflicts with Kabul together.
“We respect the sovereignty of Afghanistan,” said the FO spokesman.
Condemning the Israeli forces’ attack on hospitals in Gaza, the spokesman said the targeting of innocent children was nothing short of barbaric, adding that the act fell under the category of war crimes.
