Afghan National Security Adviser Hanif Atmar on Saturday said Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to discuss better ways to respond to terrorist attacks on both sides of the border, after a telephonic conversation with Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz.
“Afghanistan is ready to collaborate with Pakistan and other international partners to achieve the goal [of uprooting terrorism],” Atmar said, while urging Aziz to work jointly against terrorist threats.
The Foreign Office in Islamabad said the adviser expressed serious concerns that TTP Jamaatul-Ahrar, which was behind the recent terror acts in Pakistan, continued to operate from its sanctuaries and safe havens in Afghanistan.
The two advisers spoke a day after a suicide bomber killed at least 88 and injured several others at Lal Shahbaz Qalandar’s shrine in Sehwan. The global terror group Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack.