Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): According to Pakistani media, following the hostage taking of terrorists in a security center located in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of this country, the spokesperson of the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed to what he called the close partnership between Islamabad and Washington in the security sector. , offered American assistance to Pakistan to deal with the hostage situation.
The operation to clean up the anti-terrorism police center in Bennu city ended last night (Tuesday) with the release of all the hostages and 25 terrorists were killed during it. The hostage takers belonged to the terrorist group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and 4 security forces were also killed in the above operation.
Referring to the new rise of terrorists in most areas of the country, especially in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a border province with Afghanistan, the Minister of Defense of Pakistan said: The situation in Afghanistan has greatly affected Pakistan and we are in a complicated situation.
In response to Washington's claim to help Islamabad, Khawaja Mohammad Asif said: Did the Americans have the ability to deal with terrorism and violence in Afghanistan?
He added: "What was America's capability in Afghanistan that now they are proposing help to Pakistan to fight terrorism."
The spokesman of the Pakistani army announced this morning that the place where the hostages were taken was completely cleared and all the agents involved in this terrorist act, who were 25 people, were killed.
Major General Ahmad Sharif added that the terrorists were trying to be transferred to Afghanistan, but the security forces of Pakistan never gave in to their demands and a decision was made to conduct a unified operation against the hostage takers.