ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top army generals took serious notice of the recent cross-border firing incidents from Afghanistan, said an official statement circulated by the military’s media wing ISPR on Tuesday, adding that “terrorist outfits” were regrouping on the other side of the frontier.
The issue was raised during the Corps Commanders Conference chaired by the army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Rawalpindi in which the participants comprehensively reviewed global, regional and domestic security environment with particular focus on the situation along Pakistan’s borders.
“The forum expressed its hope that Afghanistan’s soil will not be used against Pakistan,” the statement continued.
It added that the country’s security forces had taken effective border control measures and expected the same “from Afghanistan to deny any space to spoilers of peace.”
A Pakistani soldier was killed when militants in Afghanistan targeted a military post in North Waziristan on May 22.
Prior to that, four Pakistani troops lost their lives when a group of militants ambushed them from the Afghan side while they were fencing the border on May 5.
The country’s army strongly condemned the “continuous use of Afghan soil by terrorists” after these attacks.
Tuesday’s conference of army generals expressed confidence in the operational preparedness of Pakistan’s military amid the “emerging security threats.”
It also reviewed recent developments in the Afghan peace process and “reaffirmed Pakistan’s support for regional stability.”
The corps commanders also reviewed the situation in the newly merged tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa along with various areas in Balochistan and stressed their rapid socioeconomic development.
General Bajwa also applauded civil administrations in these areas who made a significant contribution in reducing the spread of the pandemic and controlling its adverse impact amid the third wave of COVID-19.
