Info minister says Afghan Taliban ‘totally aligned with, fully backing’ terrorists

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Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has specifically mentioned two terror attacks, mentioning Afghan involvement in those incidents.

“We recently saw two attacks in the capital. An attack was carried out at a Shia mosque, an imambargah; an attack was carried out at the district courts.

“And we recently saw the martyrdom of Lt Colonel Gulfaraz Ahmad,” he said.

The minister added that Afghan soil was not just being used for terror attacks inside Pakistan, “but the Afghan Taliban regime is totally aligned with terrorists and fully backing terrorists”.

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