Pakistani Taliban have been emboldened since US departure from Afghanistan in 2021
The US should urgently provide Pakistan with additional military equipment as it counters a surge in attacks by the Pakistani Taliban, Islamabad’s envoy to Washington has said.
Ambassador Masood Khan also told The National that his country requires some $100 billion to adapt to the effects of climate change, which is wreaking havoc on the South Asian nation through deadly floods and heatwaves, and he called for the implementation of a “time-bound” two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Pakistan has seen a sharp rise in attacks from the Pakistani Taliban, formally called the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), since the US left Afghanistan in 2021.
Islamabad says many of the assaults are launched from Afghan territory, something Kabul and the TTP deny.
“Our immediate need is equipment that would be helpful in fighting terrorism, the asymmetric threat from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or other terrorists,” Mr Khan said in an interview at the Pakistan embassy in Washington.
“The TTP are using Afghan soil to mount attacks against Pakistan. In order to stop that, we need sniper rifles, night vision goggles, communication equipment. This has been part of our conversations with the United States, that in this area we should be helped.”
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