Kabul on Monday asked Islamabad to take action against 85 militants and 32 terror training camps on Pakistani soil, widening a row between the two countries over action against cross-border terrorism. The Pakistani military also pushed the US-led NATO forces to push President Ashraf Ghani’s government to take action against the terrorists. The Pakistani military moved after a suicide attack on a Sufi shrine in Sindh province killed 88 people last week. Pakistan has for long alleged that some top terrorists, including Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Mullah Fazlullah, Omar Khalid Khorasani of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh Afridi are based in Afghanistan. On Monday, Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah said it is “unfair” to accuse his country of supporting terrorism and violence.

Source: Hindustan Times February 20, 2017 13:07 UTC