ISLAMABAD: All improvised-explosive devices (IEDs) being used by terrorists in Pakistan are smuggled from Afghanistan, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Thursday while speaking at a national conference that discussed countering the threat of roadside bombs.
“All IEDs are actually being transported from Afghanistan to Pakistan, you can see that on the border with naked eyes… that the terrorists are coming towards Pakistan, along with arms and ammunition,” Malik added.
The minister also said that Afghan militiamen had destroyed the biometric systems which had made it impossible to identify tens of thousands of people crossing the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan daily. “We really do not know how many terrorists, how many drug barons, how many criminals are crossing the border each day,” Malik said.
He said that when “we were asked to do more, we have done much, much more and today you have seen, the crossing from our side is nominal”. Malik also asked the international community to provide greater assistance to Pakistani police to enhance its counter-terrorism and forensic capabilities.
“We need your moral support. We need your practical support in building the capacity of both the police and of course, our armed forces,” Malik added.
