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Pakistan Warns of 'Tit-for-Tat' Action If Afghan Soil Be 'Used for Terrorism'

© AP Photo / Anjum NaveedPakistan police commandos stand guard on a rooftop while they observe the area to ensure the security of the rally of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan's 'Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf' party, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022.
Pakistan police commandos stand guard on a rooftop while they observe the area to ensure the security of the rally of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan's 'Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf' party, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. - Sputnik India, 1920, 20.03.2024
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Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan are currently strained over the issue of cross-border terrorism with the latter launching military action against the former earlier this week.
Days after the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) carried out air strikes against Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants across the border, the country's premier Shehbaz Sharif warned Afghanistan of a similar action if terrorist incidents in the neighboring country continue unabated.

"We want to exist in a very peaceful environment with our neighboring brothers — do trade, commerce and expand our relations — but unfortunately, if a neighbor's land is used for terrorism, this is intolerable," Sharif told reporters in Islamabad on Wednesday following the meeting of the apex committee, Pakistan's top government body. "We will not tolerate any terrorism from across the border. Under no circumstances."

Interestingly, Sharif's strong remarks come amid deteriorating ties with Kabul after the Taliban dismissed Pakistan's concerns over terrorism emanating from Afghan soil.

Following the PAF's military action, the Taliban released a statement, condemning the unilateral Pakistani move before issuing a threat of reprisals.

"The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which has a long experience of freedom struggle against the superpowers of the world, does not allow anyone to invade its territory," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in what was the hardline group's first reaction to Islamabad's operation in Afghanistan. "Pakistan shouldn't blame Afghanistan for the lack of control, incompetence, and problems in its own territory. Such incidents can have very bad consequences which will not be in Pakistan's control."

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A Pakistani Air Force F-16 fighter jet flies during a military parade in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, March 23, 2018 - Sputnik India, 1920, 19.03.2024
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