(Asghar Ali Mubarak)
ISLAMABAD (Urdu Times) Pakistan stands with the international community in the war on terrorism. Pakistan paid a heavy price in the war on terrorism, and we will continue our efforts to eliminate terrorism. We faced terrorism after 9/11, 88 thousand Pakistanis were martyred in the war on terrorism, we defeated this scourge, billions of dollars were lost, we have to borrow and borrow to get out of this circle…..
US President Donald Trump has thanked Pakistan for its cooperation against terrorism. In his longest address to Congress since taking office, President Donald Trump thanked Pakistan for its cooperation in the fight against terrorism. President Trump thanked the Pakistani government for its cooperation in the arrest of the terrorist who carried out the Kabul bombing in 2021, saying that he would like to thank Pakistan in particular for its help in the arrest of this terrorist. Three and a half years ago, ISIS killed 13 Americans in Afghanistan. The man who killed the Americans in Afghanistan is currently being brought to the United States so that he can face the law in the United States. The US President said that extremists are against terrorism. I am happy to announce that a major figure responsible for terrorism in Afghanistan has been arrested.
Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif has thanked US President Donald Trump for recognizing Pakistan’s efforts in cooperation against terrorism. In a statement released on social media site X, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that Trump acknowledged Pakistan’s role in counter-terrorism efforts in Afghanistan. We thank President Trump for recognizing and appreciating Pakistan’s role and support in counter-terrorism efforts in Afghanistan. The Prime Minister of Pakistan said that Trump appreciated Pakistan’s role in the context of the arrest of ISIS commander Sharifullah, Sharifullah is a citizen of Afghanistan and a wanted terrorist, on this occasion the US President also called the withdrawal from Afghanistan extremely shameful. The US President delivered the longest address to Congress in history, the duration of his address was one hour 39 minutes and 31 seconds, while earlier in 1993, President Clinton had given a speech of one hour and 5 minutes. The news agency claimed that Pakistan, based on information provided by the CIA, arrested the ISIS commander, who was involved in a horrific terrorist conspiracy on the occasion of the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in 2021. According to the news agency, 13 US soldiers and 170 Afghan civilians were killed in this terrorist incident at the Abbey Gate of Kabul Airport in 2021. Mohammad Sharifullah, one of the ISIS leaders who allegedly plotted this terrorism, is also known as the terrorist Jafar, he was arrested by the Pakistani intelligence agency and is now being brought to the United States from Pakistan, which will be brought to the United States on Wednesday. The American official told the news agency that Sharifullah is the mastermind of this terrorist incident on August 26. Remember that Pakistan, based on information provided by the CIA, arrested the ISIS commander who was involved in the horrific terrorist plot on the occasion of the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in 2021. In this terrorist incident at the Abbey Gate of Kabul Airport in 2021, 13 American soldiers and 170 Afghan civilians were killed. Mohammad Sharifullah, one of the ISIS leaders who allegedly plotted this terrorism, is also known as the terrorist Jafar, he was arrested by the Pakistani intelligence agency and is now being brought to the United States from Pakistan, which will be brought to the United States on Wednesday. The US official told the news agency that Sharifullah is the mastermind of the August 26 terrorist attack. President Trump, upon taking office, had instructed CIA Director John Ratcliffe to make it a priority to capture the elements involved in the Abbeygate terror attack. The CIA director raised the issue with senior officials in Pakistan the very next day after taking office and then discussed the issue with a senior Pakistani security official at the Munich Security Conference in February. On the other hand, in his address to Congress, US President Donald Trump said that three and a half years ago, ISIS killed 13 Americans in Afghanistan, and he was happy to announce that a major figure responsible for terrorism in Afghanistan had been caught. President Trump also said that the terrorist who killed the Americans in Afghanistan is currently being brought to the United States where he will face the law. President Trump said that he is especially grateful to Pakistan for this arrest.
Pakistan has always played a leading role in counter-terrorism efforts aimed at preventing terrorists and militant groups from providing safe havens. Shahbaz Sharif said that we are committed to combating all forms of terrorism and in this effort, Pakistan has made great sacrifices, including the lives of more than 80,000 of our brave soldiers and civilians. We will continue to partner closely with the United States for regional peace and stability.Recall the fact that on June 22, 2024, Pakistan once again raised the issue of terrorism in the region at the global level, with Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram calling on the United Nations to take decisive action against terrorism in Afghanistan. Addressing the Security Council, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Munir Akram, had called the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other terrorist organizations a direct threat to the region and the international community. The Pakistani ambassador had called on the international community to take decisive action against terrorists in Afghanistan, and had urged the Afghan government to take decisive action against terrorist activities. He had said that although the Afghan interim government had made significant progress in the fight against ISIS, several other terrorist groups, including Al-Qaeda and the TTP, were still active in his country. Munir Akram said that there are some other terrorist groups in Afghanistan, including Al-Qaeda, TTP, ATIM, IMU, these are all groups against which the Afghan interim government should take immediate and strict action. He had said that some of these groups are a direct threat to all neighboring countries of Afghanistan and this is also a serious threat to the international community, while these terrorist groups are also a serious threat to the Afghan interim government, because as long as these groups continue to operate freely inside and outside the country, the goals of economic and social development in Afghanistan cannot be achieved. The Pakistani ambassador had said that among these groups, TTP poses a direct and serious threat to Pakistan, TTP and its affiliates are responsible for several attacks on Pakistan. On August 26, 2024, more than 60 people were killed in targeted killings and suicide attacks in different districts of Balochistan, while two separate incidents of kidnapping of seven people, including a serving Lieutenant Colonel and three Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel, were reported in the Kalachi area of Dera Ismail Khan. In such a situation, the Pakistani government had to hold the Afghan Taliban in Afghanistan responsible for all these incidents. Pakistan had last carried out a systematic operation against terrorists in the form of Operation ‘Zarb-e-Azb’ in 2014, but the focus of this operation was on pushing them across the border instead of eliminating the terrorists. The TTP is a terrorist organization that has no political existence, so a military operation is necessary to eliminate it. Pakistan claims that the extremist organizations in Afghanistan have become strong and their networks have become deeply rooted, while the weapons left in Afghanistan by the United States and its allies have fallen into the hands of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which uses these weapons in operations in Pakistan. The military chief of the Taliban government, Qari Faisaluddin Fitrat, had denied the presence of the banned TTP in Afghanistan and had said that Afghan soil is not used in attacks in Pakistan. It has been 4 years since the Taliban government took power in Afghanistan, and along with power, the situation on the ground has also come under the complete control of the Taliban. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan have become a special target of terrorists. The terrorist network is layered. A part of this network consists of suicide squads. Their training camps are outside the borders of Pakistan, especially in Afghanistan. These smugglers are involved in kidnapping for ransom and other crimes. These people target security forces.