RAWALPINDI: The navy’s media wing stated on Tuesday Pakistani authorities have handed over the physique of a terrorist to their Afghan counterparts.
In response to the Inter-Providers Public Relations (ISPR), Muhammad Khan Ahmedkhel, 48, was an Afghan who was shot useless on January 11 within the Sambaza neighbourhood of Zhob, Balochistan.
The terrorist is the son of Haji Qasim Dawran Khan and is a resident of Village Bilorai, Wazekhwa district, Paktika province, Afghanistan, the navy’s media wing stated.
The ISPR added that the terrorist’s stays have been handed over to the interim Afghanistan authorities’s officers on January 20 after “crucial procedural formalities”.
“Such incidents are irrefutable proof of the involvement of Afghan nationals in terrorist actions in Pakistan,” the ISPR added.
The Afghan authorities is predicted to fulfil its obligations and deny using Afghan soil by terrorists for perpetrating acts of terrorism in opposition to Pakistan, the navy’s media wing added.
The event comes days after safety sources had revealed that Ahmedkhel alias Abdullah was an “Afghan spy” and was killed whereas he was escaping to Afghanistan.
The sources acknowledged that the terrorist was concerned in smuggling weapons and ammunition from Afghanistan to Pakistan, which have been subsequently utilized in terrorist assaults throughout the nation.
Because the Taliban’s rise to energy in 2021, Pakistan has witnessed a surge in cross-border assaults, prompting safety forces to accentuate operations in opposition to terrorists whereas the federal government urges the Taliban to rein in militants.
In response to the “CRSS Annual Safety Report 2024” revealed by the Centre for Analysis and Safety Research, the yr 2024 was the deadliest for Pakistan’s civil and navy safety forces in a decade, with at the very least 685 fatalities and 444 terror assaults.
In gentle of the long-standing challenge, Military Chief Common Asim Munir has stated that the basis explanation for variations between Pakistan and Afghanistan is cross-border terrorism together with the presence of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) protected havens within the neighbouring nation.