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Kabul: Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari Saturday assured his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi the Pakistan’s commitment to a stable and peaceful Afghanistan, a week after Islamabad decided to launch a fresh operation against the banned TTP.
The assurance came as Bilawal held a telephonic conversation with Muttaqi. “The foreign minister reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to a stable, peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan,” Foreign Office said in a brief statement, adding that both sides discussed a range of issues of mutual interest.
Bilawal contacted Muttaqi after a joint decision by the Pakistan government and military last week to launch a fresh operation against the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Pakistan and Afghanistan have differences over the handling of the TTP which has increased attacks inside Pakistan since the takeover of Kabul by the Afghan Taliban.
In an interview with a US broadcaster, Voice of America, Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif threatened to hit the TTP hideouts in Afghanistan if it was necessary to tackle its threat.
