Islamabad remains in touch with Kabul: FO

The Foreign Office on Friday said Pakistan had maintained a “channel of communication” with Afghanistan despite the “misgivings” in the bilateral relationship between the two neighbouring countries.

“Pakistan’s foreign policy has been consistent that we want to have friendly ties with our neighbour Afghanistan,” FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahrah Baloch told journalists at a weekly briefing in Islamabad.

“Pakistan has done everything possible to maintain positive relations with Afghanistan and in that context, we have remained engaged with [it] on all issues of concern,” she said.

“Despite our misgivings and despite our serious concerns, Pakistan has maintained a channel of communication with Afghanistan,” she added amid the ongoing tensions between the two countries.

The two neighbouring countries have been at loggerheads with each other over the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the relationship deteriorated further after Islamabad decided to deport all Afghans illegally residing in the country.

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