Why did Pakistan blame Taliban for Peshawar blast?
Afghanistan Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has advised Pakistan bot to blame Taliban for the recent deadly explosion in a mosque in Peshawar city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Speaking to media at a hospital in Kabul Muttaqi said that there is no terrorist base in Afghanistan and the county’s soil will not be used against other countries. Earlier Pakistan Interior Minister Sanaullah Khan had alleged Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan TTP, an ally of Afghan Taliban for the explosion.
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Asad Mirza
Asad Mirza is a Delhi-based journalist, author and media educator who has worked with AIR, Khaleej Times (Dubai), the BBC World Service and the British High Commission in New Delhi.
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