Pakistani officials also said that anti-state militants after fleeing security operations have taken refuge in Afghan border areas and plot terrorist attacks against the country from those sanctuaries. “We have shared through our Foreign Office a comprehensive action plan document with Afghanistan and subsequent action on this plan will lead to further improvement,” he added. Last month, Islamabad shared with Kabul what it called an Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Solidarity (APAPS) for a constructive and meaningful engagement between the two countries. The proposed plan would create working groups in politics, economics, the military, intelligence sharing, and issues related to Afghan refugees in Pakistan. But he complained that a large number of the Afghan refugees in the country were blocking efforts to completely eliminate the threat.

Source: Pakistan Today December 30, 2017 19:18 UTC