Berlin (Web Desk): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has urged the international community to help in capacity building of the Afghan interim authorities to take on threats of terrorism.
Addressing the Munich Security Conference in Germany, the PPP chairman said the most important issue regarding Afghanistan in the region was the “security and terrorist threat emanating out” of the country, adding that there was a whole “alphabet soup” of terrorist organisations that were based out of Afghanistan. He rued that not enough seriousness was paid to the issue by the international community or the Afghan government.
He said that the international community wanted the Afghan interim government to live up to its obligations and commitments in areas like women education, all-inclusive government and tackling of potential threats from terrorism, emanating from terrorist groups of Daesh, TTP and Al Qaeda.
Bilawal said the global community should convince the Afghan interim government to take on the threat of terrorism and demonstrate its will. He said Pakistan had helped Afghanistan in the past and would continue to do so as it had hosted the largest number of Afghan refugees on its soil.
The foreign minister reiterated that a peaceful Afghanistan is vital for the stability of the region and the international community must play its role in this regard.