Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warned the Afghan Taliban of “complete obliteration” if terror attacks on Pakistan persist. His remarks came after peace talks in Istanbul failed to deliver results, worsening tensions between the two neighbours
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif. PIC/GETTY IMAGES
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday threatened to “obliterate” the Afghan Taliban and push them back to the caves in case of any future terror attack in his country, as ties between the two neighbours hit rock bottom after peace talks failed.
Asif issued the warning on social media soon after the four-day peace talks in Istanbul failed to yield any result regarding Pakistan’s main demand that the Taliban should take action against militants using Afghanistan’s soil for militancy in Pakistan. Asif said that on the request of brotherly countries, Pakistan indulged in talks to give peace a chance, but “venomous statements by certain Afghan officials clearly reflect the devious and splintered mindset of the Taliban regime”.
“Pakistan does not require to employ even a fraction of its full arsenal to completely obliterate the Taliban regime and push them back to the caves for hiding. If they wish so, the repeat of the scenes of their rout at Tora Bora with their tails between the legs would surely be a spectacle to watch for the people of the region,” he said. The minister said it was sad to see the Taliban regime blindly pushing Afghanistan into another conflict “just to retain its usurped rule and maintain the war economy that sustains them”.
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