US urges Taliban to ensure terrorist attacks are not launched from Afghan soil

Backing Pakistan’s efforts against terrorism, the US State Department on Tuesday urged the Afghan Taliban to ensure that the terrorist attacks are not launched from their soil.

State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said this in response to a query seeking his comments on a recent terrorist attack in which seven people, including two security forces personnel and five civilians, including children, were martyred. The security personnel were martyred in an hours-long exchange of fire with the terrorists, and again, these are terrorists coming from the “safe haven in Afghanistan”.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), “On the night between July 15 and 16, the terrorists carried out a cowardly attack on the Rural Health Center (RHC), Kirri Shamozai in the Dera Ismail Khan District and opened indiscriminate fire on RHC staff.”

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