{"id":326061,"date":"2023-04-16T00:57:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T19:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=326061"},"modified":"2023-04-16T00:57:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T19:57:35","slug":"khawaja-asif-warns-of-strikes-on-terror-hideouts-inside-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/khawaja-asif-warns-of-strikes-on-terror-hideouts-inside-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Khawaja Asif warns of strikes on terror hideouts inside Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nDefence Minister Khawaja Asif has assured coming general elections as transparent, in an interview with the US media.<br \/>\n\u201cI could say with 100 percent confidence that the next general elections will be free and fair,\u201d Khawaja Asif told the Voice of America in an interview.<br \/>\n\u201cThere will be no intervention in the opinion and decision of the voters,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nReplying a question on TTP, defence minister said that Taliban rulers of Afghanistan also want to disentangle with the TTP, but this will take time.<br \/>\nKhawaja Asif has warned the Afghan Taliban of strikes on terrorist hideouts inside Afghanistan if needed. \u201cWe will have to hit them because we cannot tolerate this situation for long.\u201d<br \/>\nAsif said in the interview that he reminded the Taliban administration during his visit to Kabul last month \u201cto live up to cross-border security commitments with Islamabad and stop terrorists from using Afghan soil to plan and carry out attacks on Pakistan\u201d or \u201cwe will take action.\u201d<br \/>\nAsif said they responded well, really well. \u201cOff course they want to disentangle with TTP, but this will take time.<br \/>\nKhawaja Asif said that Pakistan bearing the brunt of a wrong decision to become part of the war against terrorism. Asif termed it inconsequential to talk to Washington over the matter.<br \/>\nThe interviewer asked whether Islamabad needed the help of the US in fighting terrorism in Pakistan. \u201cI do not see any logic in that,\u201d Pakistan\u2019s defence minister said.<br \/>\n\u201cEveryone knows, what they did during their 16 years\u2019 stay in Afghanistan,\u201d Khawaja Asif said. \u201cMy personal view is that we can take care of this menace ourselves as we fought it in the past,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has assured coming general elections as transparent, in an interview with the US media. \u201cI could say with 100 percent confidence that the next general elections will be free and fair,\u201d Khawaja Asif told the Voice of America in an interview. \u201cThere will be no intervention in the opinion and 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