ISLAMABAD – Foreign Office on Thursday said that the ceasefire understanding with Afghanistan is no longer intact, citing continued cross-border terrorist activity involving Afghan nationals.
Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi, responding to a question at the weekly media briefing in Islamabad, said the arrangement was always premised on an end to attacks inside Pakistan.
“The ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan does not imply a traditional ceasefire implemented after two belligerent states engage in war or conflict,” Andrabi said. “The Pakistan–Afghanistan ceasefire implied that there would be no terrorist attacks by Afghan-sponsored terrorist proxies inside Pakistan.”
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