Report in Dawn, December 14th, 2023
ISLAMABAD: A day after Pakistan issued a demarche to Kabul following a deadly gun and bomb attack targeting a military compound in Dera Ismail Khan, the interim Afghanistan government promised to probe the terror attack, but also asked Islamabad to refrain from blaming Kabul for every problem.
Taliban chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said Kabul would investigate the attack. “We are shocked at the attack in Pakistan. We will look into the demands made by Pakistan,” he told Dawn.com. He also asked Pakistan to bolster its security instead of pointing fingers at Afghanistan.
“The attack in the area (D.I. Khan) is hundreds of kilometres away from Afghanistan… Pakistan has strong security forces and the attack should have been thwarted,” the Taliban government spokesman added.
He said that Kabul did not allow anyone to use its soil against Pakistan or any other country. “We will investigate if we receive any information,” Mr Mujahid said.
Meanwhile, a high-level meeting on law and order held in D.I. Khan was told that terrorists had equipped themselves with modern gadgets, left behind by US forces in Afghanistan. ……
https://www.dawn.com/news/1797696/kabul-promises-to-probe-di-khan-attack
