US asks Taliban to stop attacks against Pakistan

The Taliban has been urged by the US to prevent terrorist strikes against Pakistan from being initiated from Afghan territory.

When questioned about Pakistan’s “intelligence-based anti-terrorist operations” inside Afghanistan’s border regions, State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel responded that the US “deeply” regretted the deaths and “injustices” caused by an attack in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The terrorist strike at a security post in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan on Saturday claimed the lives of seven Pakistani soldiers.

“We urge the Taliban to ensure that terrorist attacks are not launched from Afghan soil and we urge Pakistan to exercise restraint and ensure civilians are not harmed in their counter-terrorism efforts,” Patel stated in his Monday morning news conference.