Pakistan to raise issue of Afghan soil being used for terror attacks with Taliban
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Pakistan will reportedly raise the issue of the alleged use of Afghan soil forthe recent terrorist attacks targeting Chinese engineers with the Taliban following a probe pointing to apossible Afghan link in the matter.
Six people, including five Chinese engineers, were killed in a suicide attack in Besham, a remote area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on March 26. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but a report in Pakistan's Express Tribune newspaper suggested that a network linked to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was behind the incident.
An explosive-laden vehicle parked on the roadside was blown up right when a convoy transporting Chinese engineers to the Dasu hydroelectric project site from Islamabad was passing by.
The March 26 attack was the second attack on Chinese workers at the same hydroelectric project. A similar terrorist attack killed 13 people, including nine engineers in July 2021.
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The report in the Express Tribune claimed that Pakistani authorities have made certain arrests based on the SIM card recovered from the suicide bomber, "who is thought to be an Afghan national".
It added that the car used in the terrorist attack was non-custom paid and smuggled into Pakistan through the Chaman border.
The report further added that people familiar with the development say that there is no doubt that Afghan soil was used in the attack on Chinese engineers. This is why, they say, Pakistan will take up the matter through diplomatic channels with Afghan authorities.
What would it mean?
If an Afghan link is established to the attack on the Chinese, it may mean the deterioration of ties between Beijing and Kabul.
China is the only country that has accepted a full-time Taliban-appointed ambassador, in an unprecedented recognition of Afghanistan's Taliban rulers.
(With inputs from agencies)