ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday denounced the murder of eight Pakistani tribesmen in Afghanistan’s Paktika province, the Foreign Office spokesperson said. In a tweet, Dr Mohammad Faisal said: “Pakistan condemns the killing of eight innocent Pakistani tribesmen, in Paktika, Afghanistan, by Afghan security forces.”According to a report by a local media outlet, the Afghan government is making it hard for Pakistani, taking refuge in Paktia and Paktika provinces of Afghanistan, to return to Waziristan. According to a Feb 2018 report, around 100 North Waziristan families are stranded at the Ghulam Khan check post at the Pak-Afghan border. He said that the Afghan officials have stopped these families from entering Pakistan on the pretext of not having the relevant documents. These families took refuge in Afghanistan as the army launched the operation Zarb-i-Azb against militants in June 2014.

Source: Pakistan Today March 12, 2019 08:28 UTC