RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has reiterated that Pakistan had no favourites in Afghanistan as he held detailed discussions with a US envoy over the war-torn country’s situation.
According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), US chargé d’affaires to Pakistan Angela Ageler called on the army chief at the General Headquarters today (Friday), a day after a bomb blast rocked Kabul airport leaving dozens dead, including US troops.
During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, regional security, and the recent situation in Afghanistan were discussed in detail. “Pakistan has no favourites in Afghanistan and our sole aim is helping achieve peaceful, sovereign, stable, and prosperous Afghanistan,” COAS told the US Envoy.
Strongly condemning the terrorist attacks at Kabul airport and expressing sorrow over the loss of precious lives, The army chief also reiterated the combined resolve to fight terrorism and extremism to the core.
The visiting dignitary appreciated Pakistan’s efforts in promoting regional peace and stability and thanked the army chief for the special assistance in the evacuation operations from Kabul, the military’s media wing added.
Meanwhile, US forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee new Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday after the Daesh attack just outside Kabul airport.
Daesh, an enemy of the Taliban as well as the West, said one of its suicide bombers had targeted “translators and collaborators with the American army”.
The Pentagon said on Friday that the attack was carried out by one suicide bomber, not two as earlier thought. Biden was already facing strong criticism at home and abroad for the chaos surrounding the troop withdrawal that led to the Taliban’s lightning advance to Kabul.
