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Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of opening airspace for US drones

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 28 Aug 2022 17:26
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If proven true, such a move is clearly indicative of Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's US-aligned stance toward the Taliban.

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Afghan Defense Minister Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid accused Pakistan on Sunday of providing airspace for US drones to enter his country, characterizing the incursions as a continuation of Washington's "invasion".

Mujahid's comments came less than a month after US President Joe Biden announced the killing of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Kabul.

US drones can still be seen flying over Kabul even now, Mujahid said.

"Our information shows that they (US drones) are entering into Afghanistan from Pakistan, using the airspace of Pakistan," Mujahid told reporters when asked where the drones were coming from.

"We demand that Pakistan should not allow its airspace to be used against us."

There was no immediate response to Mujahid's comments from the Pakistani military, but it has previously denied allowing the country's airspace to be used, most recently over Al-Zawahiri case.

Deploying these drones into Afghanistan is "still a clear invasion of Afghanistan and its airspace by the Americans," Mujahid said.

"They are doing this shamelessly. We condemn this illegal act and demand that the Americans put an end to it."

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The drone attack in July that killed AL-Zawahiri, bin Laden's successor, was the first known strike by the US on a target in Afghanistan since the US occupation withdrew its forces from the country on August 31 last year.

Mujahid said the authorities were investigating Biden's claims of killing Al-Zawahiri.

"We will share the details when it is complete," he said.

Officials have neither confirmed Al-Zawahiri's presence in Afghanistan nor acknowledged his death, as his body has never been found.

Read more: Exclusive: Al-Zawahiri was not killed the way Washington reported

Border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen since the Taliban seized power on August 15 last year, with Islamabad claiming militant groups are carrying out regular attacks from the neighboring country.

The Taliban government denies harboring Pakistani militants but is also infuriated by a fence Islamabad is erecting along their 2,700-kilometre (1,600-mile) border known as the Durand line, which was drawn up in colonial times.

Ties between the two countries were further strained when Pakistani military airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan killed and wounded dozens of people in April.

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