Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, the Director General (DG) of the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), spoke in an interview on a private news channel on Wednesday.
DG ISPR shared key details about the recent attack in Kabul during an interview with senior journalist Hamid Mir on his television show.
The DG ISPR said that India is sponsoring terrorism from Afghanistan and providing drones to the Afghan Taliban.
Pakistan has no fight with the Afghan people, he said, further adding that the people are themselves being held hostage by terrorists.
He stated that the actual target of the operation was an Afghan Taliban ammunition and drone depot.
The DG ISPR rejected claims of civilian casualties, calling them completely baseless and contrary to facts.
He said the intensity of explosions after the strike was witnessed globally, indicating the presence of a large cache of weapons at the site.
He further said that there is a deliberate attempt to misrepresent the incident and distort facts.
According to him, ground realities confirm that the targeted location was of a military nature where weapons and advanced drones were stored.
He added that many Taliban fighters do not wear formal military uniforms and instead use civilian clothing.
The DG ISPR also claimed that the Afghan Taliban use drug addicts for suicide attacks. He described it as a serious and concerning issue.
These terrorists are being hidden in government buildings in Afghanistan, he further said.
‘We want them to engage in dialogue, hand over these terrorists to us, and we are ready to negotiate,’ the DG ISPR stated.
DG ISPR holds press conference on Pak Afghan situation
Previously, DG ISPR Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry held an important press conference on the Pak Afghan situation.
In the press conference, he briefed the media on the successes achieved as a result of the Pakistan Army’s counter offensive in response to the unprovoked aggression of the Afghan Taliban and the latest Pak Afghan situation.
DG ISPR said that the hideouts of Fitna al-Khawarij were targeted on the night of February 21 and 22.
He said that so far, 274 Khawarij have been killed and 400 have been injured. It was further informed that 73 posts have been completely destroyed, while 17 posts are occupied by the Pakistan Army.
The Prime Minister has been informed about all the progress of Operation Ghazb-lil-Haq.
The DG ISPR also stated that no civilians were killed in Afghanistan and that all destroyed posts were military targets involved in attacks against Pakistan.
