Pakistan rejects Khalilzad's allegations of arming Afghans

WEB DESK -- Pakistan has categorically rejected the baseless and misleading allegations by Zalmay Khalilzad of arming former Afghans to fight the Taliban and their supporter terrorist groups.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's Fact Check account said in a post on X that Zalmay Khalilzad's sweeping baseless assertions merely recycle speculative narratives as part of his personal agenda to prop up terrorism supporting the Taliban regime.

The Information Ministry said it is particularly misleading to conflate Pakistan's legitimate counterterrorism operations against terrorist organisations operating from inside Afghan Taliban regime-controlled areas threatening its citizens with allegations of recruiting Afghan nationals or sponsoring armed groups inside Afghanistan.

It said Pakistan remains at the forefront of the fight against terrorism and has made enormous sacrifices in protecting regional peace and security.

The Information Ministry emphasized that successive UN monitoring reports have documented the continued presence and activities of terrorist organisations, including TTP and Al-Qaeda, inside Afghanistan. It said Khalilzad's allegations conveniently divert attention from the Afghan Taliban regime's responsibility to prevent its territory from being used by Indian sponsored proxies for terrorism against Pakistan.

The Information Ministry said Khalilzad's paddling of such unsubstantiated allegations only exposes his skewed, agenda-based views.