Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of supplying drill to the Taliban to plant improvised explosive devices inside roads.
Afghanistan’s Vice President Amrullah Saleh said that Pakistan has supplied drill machines to the Taliban for planting IEDs deep beneath roads.
The Taliban insurgency began after the group’s fall from power during the 2001 War in Afghanistan. The Taliban forces are fighting against the Afghan government, formerly led by President Hamid Karzai, now led by President Ashraf Ghani, and against the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The insurgency has spread to some degree over the Durand Line border to neighbouring Pakistan, in particular the Waziristan region and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Taliban conduct low-intensity warfare against Afghan National Security Forces and their NATO allies, as well as against civilian targets. Regional countries, particularly Pakistan, Iran, China and Russia, are often accused of funding and supporting the insurgent groups.
Afghanistan’s Vice President Amrullah Saleh in a direct attack on Pakistan accused the country of harbouring terrorists who target Afghanistan forces. He said that the Pakistan army intelligence agencies are supplying imported Chinese drills to the terror groups. He said that Pakistan’s motives are very clear. Pakistan wants Taliban groups to reign in havoc and destabilises Afghanistan.
Pakistan has been known for its perennial support of the Taliban in Afghanistan and other terrorist organizations in Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir. The dramatic events of the terrorist attacks on the twin towers in the United States (US) on the 11th of September 2001 also referred to as 9/11, shook the tectonic plates of world politics, pushing Pakistan into being a focal point of global politics. Pakistan became the key strategic partner of the United States’ War on Terror; post the terrorist attacks, taking a complete U-turn in her traditional foreign policies towards Afghanistan and Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir, albeit temporarily under international pressure for heavy monetary gains.
The country, in which sectarian groups targeting minority communities (Shias, Sufis, Ahmadis etc.) and Kashmir-focused groups confined their operations to Indian Administered Kashmir and the rest of India, has become a victim of its holy war as a consequence of the unholy alliance’ between the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s powerful intelligence agency, military and self-styled religious scholars. This historic alliance has resulted in the colossal rise of radical Islam being a factor in the country’s proclivity to Islamic fundamentalism
