Pakistan rejects reviews of settlement with U.S. to conduct air operations in Afghanistan
Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan had categorically mentioned that Pakistan would “absolutely not” enable use of its territory for any form of motion inside Afghanistan
Pakistan on Saturday rejected reviews about an settlement with the United States on the usage of its airspace for intelligence operations in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
The Foreign Office (FO) issued an announcement in response to media queries concerning the information report alluding to formalisation of an settlement between the 2 international locations to conduct navy and intelligence operations in opposition to Afghanistan.
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The FO assertion learn: “No such understanding was in place.” However, it added: “Pakistan and the US have long-standing cooperation on regional security and counter-terrorism and the two sides remain engaged in regular consultations.” CNN News had reported quoting three sources conversant in the main points of a labeled briefing with members of the U.S. Congress that befell on Friday that the U.S. was nearing an settlement with Pakistan to be used of its airspace to conduct operations in Afghanistan.
The Pakistan Opposition events had additionally demanded the federal government to provide an evidence on the reviews that Pakistan had allowed the U.S. navy to make use of its airspace.
Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan in an interview had categorically mentioned that Pakistan would “absolutely not” enable any bases and use of its territory for any form of motion inside Afghanistan.
“Absolutely not. There is no way we are going to allow any bases, any sort of action from Pakistani territory into Afghanistan. Absolutely not,” Mr. Khan had informed ‘Axios on HBO’ in an interview in June.
The Taliban seized energy in Afghanistan on August 15, two weeks earlier than the US’ full troop withdrawal on August 31 after a expensive two-decade battle.