The Foreign Office (FO) urged the Afghan government on Thursday to take ‘decisive action’ against the culprits of the Dera Ismail (DI) Khan terrorist attack, and hand them over to Pakistan. In a weekly media talk, FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that her office acknowledges the Afghan government's stance to conduct an inquiry into the December 12 terrorist attack. Read US 'strongly condemns' terrorist attack in DI Khan“UNSC has called on states to collaborate with the Government of Pakistan and the concerned authorities,” Baloch informed. She added that the UNSC members have emphasised the necessity to hold the assailants, sponsors and facilitators of the DI Khan attack accountable. DI Khan attackOn December 12, at least 23 soldiers were killed when militants rammed an explosives-laden truck into a security forces post in Khyber-Paktunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan district.

Source: The Express Tribune December 14, 2023 16:32 UTC