Afghanistan warns Pakistan after deadly border clashes

Taliban wants to resolve clashes via dialogue, but has recourse to ‘other means’

- Rezaul H Laskar

Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi addresses a news conference in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI

(PTI)

Afghanistan wants to resolve border clashes with Pakistan through dialogue, but has recourse to “other means’ if peaceful efforts do not succeed, Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Sunday.

Hours after the clashes resulted in the deaths of dozens of Afghan and Pakistani troops, Muttaqi dismissed Pakistan’s allegations that Afghanistan is harbouring the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and said the Afghan people are fully united in the face of “external interference.”