The defense minister asks whether Kabul wants India’s approval for negotiations.

Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that any terrorist acts coming from Afghanistan will be faced with a severe response and accused India of utilizing Afghan land to further its goal against Pakistan.

The defense minister asked the media if Afghanistan’s foreign minister was negotiating peace with Pakistan after requesting India’s consent, pointing out that the Afghan official had recently made remarks from New Delhi.

Khawaja Asif claimed that India was using Afghanistan to try to exact revenge for its regional defeats. He asserted that the Afghan government was aiding India’s plans and failing to effectively combat terrorist organizations that use Afghan territory to attack Pakistan.

“The TTP issue will be settled once and for all — and then we will see what the Afghan government has to say,” the defense minister said, announcing that Pakistan would make amends with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

He reaffirmed that while Pakistan would not stand for cross-border terrorism, it was amenable to serious talks with the Afghan government. “We will pursue terrorists if they originate in Afghanistan,” he said.

Khawaja Asif also talked about domestic politics, criticizing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder for reportedly trying to blackmail the government by proposing a new chief minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He declared, “The state will appropriately respond to such attempts at blackmail.”

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According to Khawaja Asif, after years of extensive negotiations with the Afghan government, violence in Pakistan persisted despite delegations visiting and departing Kabul.