Bilawal blames Imran’s tenure for inaction against TTP

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has accused the former Imran Khan government of giving mixed signals to the Afghan Taliban seeking talks with the TTP which led to an inaction against the terror group.

In an interview, Bilawal said that during Khan’s tenure, the government had been asking the Afghan Taliban to facilitate table talks with the TTP and come to a mutual agreement of peace, which included releasing terrorists and commanders from Pakistani jails; allowing militants to return to Pakistan from Afghanistan; and resettle in areas spread across the countries’ border.

“Unfortunately, following the fall of Kabul, the government that preceded ours started negotiating with these very same terrorist groups and without preconditions such as disarming,” he said.

The Foreign Minister said that the Khan government’s willingness to talk with the TTP did not reflect the sentiments of the people at large who asserted that terrorists could never be considered as friends.

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