Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Maj-Gen Ahmed Sharif is addressing a press conference.
The DG ISPR started the press briefing by addressing the tensions with Afghanistan and attacks mounted by terrorists from its soil into Pakistan.
āIn the war on terrorism, our soldiers and workers and law enforcement agencies have been martyred in huge numbers,ā he said.
āEveryone knows that Pakistan tried its best for peace in region and especially in Afghanistan. Pakistanās role has been the most vital for peace in the region.
āPakistan has been hosting Afghan refugees for a long time
and has helped Afghan refugees more than other country, which the world has also recognised.ā
Gen Sharif said that despite all the efforts by Pakistan and despite pointing it out to the Afghan interim government on state level, āTTP terrorists are continuously committing acts of terrorism in Pakistan.ā
The DG ISPR said the plot that killed five Chinese engineers in an attack on a convoy in Bisham tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwaās Shangla on March 26 was hatched in Afghanistan.
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