Pakistan’s DG ISPR says recent terror wave linked with Afghan situation
A man stands near a damaged vehicle at the site of bomb blast during a a pro-Palestinian rally, in which six people were killed and another 14 wounded, in Chaman of Pakistan's Balochistan province near the Afghanistan border on May 21, 2021.
The growing number of terror attacks on security forces in the country are linked with the developing political situation in Afghanistan, saidInter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar on Saturday.
ISPR chief was asked if therecent attacks were connected with the situation in Afghanistan or whether local outfits, such as Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan andBalochistanLiberation Army, were behind it in an interview with TV channel 92 News.
Iftikhar said,"These recent events definitely have a relation with the situation developing on the other side(in Afghanistan). As a result of our operations, there is noorganisedterrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and the leadership of all these networks is sitting across in Afghanistan and they have had the support of(Indian intelligence agency)RAW and India.So,the recent events you saw show their (terrorists') desperation."
The statement comes two days aftertwoPakistan Armysoldiers werekilled in a terrorist attack in Khuda Baksh Bazaar near the coastal town ofPasniinBalochistan.
Prior to that,two security persons, including an officer,diedwhile three otherswere hurtinclashes with militants inZewaarea of Kurram tribal district.