Peace in Afghanistan has become a nightmare for Pakistan: Asif Durrani

While claiming that thousands of TTP members have taken sanctuary in Afghanistan, Pakistan’s special envoy to Afghanistan, Asif Durrani, has said that peace in the neighboring country has become a nightmare for Pakistan.

Speaking in an interview with Ambassadors’ Lounge, Durrani said that there are around 6,000 TTP members in Afghanistan, and counting their families, it becomes 60,000-62,000.

Durrani also said that Afghans are involved in attacks in Pakistan. “It cannot be said that the Afghan leadership allows it. There are a section of Afghan youths and ours as well. Their brainwashing is very easy.”

“Peace in Afghanistan has become a nightmare for Pakistan. Because those people who are taking sanctuary inside Afghanistan, they are launching those attacks and as the Prime Minister had rightly pointed out, the increase has been 65 percent ever since the Taliban (Islamic Emirate) have come to power, but the suicide attacks actually have increased five hundred precent,” Durrani said.

He also said the IEA should control TTP and disarm them.

The IEA has repeatedly said that it does not allow anyone to use the territory of Afghanistan against Pakistan.

“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is not responsible for maintaining peace in Pakistan, they should solve their internal problems by themselves and not blame Afghanistan for their failures,” IEA’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a recent statement.