Afghan soil being used against Pakistan: DG ISI

Director General of Pakistani intelligence agency ISI Ahmad Shuja Pasha said on Tuesday that Afghan soil is being used for terrorist activities in Pakistan, adding that peace cannot be established in Pakistan unless infiltration from Afghan border is stopped.

Briefing the parliamentary committee on national security, the DG said that the drug mafia in Afghanistan is supporting terrorists who are creating unrest within Pakistan.

According to reports, the committee members believe that the Pak-Afghan border should be fenced and movement across the border should be strictly monitored.

The members also called for the need to enhance security along the Pak-Afghan border.

After the meeting, Senator Raza Rabbani the chairman of the Parliamentary committee on national security briefed the media during which he informed that the committee members condemned the screening of Pakistani citizens at US airports, terming it a 'violation of international Human Rights Declarations.

Meanwhile conference to discuss the problems faced by Pakistan and Afghanistan has begun in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

The Pakistani Foreign Ministers and important dignities from around 40 countries are taking part in the conference that set to discuss the problems faced by Pakistan and Afghanistan due the ongoing anti-terror war.

- Asian Tribune -