Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's advisor on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Saturday said security forces in the country and Afghanistan have agreed to carry out coordinated operations against terrorists along the Pak-Afghan border.
According to a report in Dawn, Aziz on Friday stated that the massacre by the Tehreek-e-Taliban in a Peshawar school was "Pakistan's 9/11", adding that the Afghan leadership in Kabul assured the Pakistani army full cooperation in countering terrorism.
The advisor's remarks came just a few days after Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif travelled to Kabul where he secured assurances from Afghan President Ashraf Ghani as well as International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander General Joseph Dunford of complete cooperation in security-related matters.
In his latest remarks, Aziz also said that Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai attacks, has not been released and the government was reviewing a petition regarding his case.
Responding to a question, Aziz said standard operating procedures for better border management between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been finalised and would be presented for approval before a joint military group meeting expected to take place shortly.
He also expressed hope that India would show significant progress in the 2007 Samjhauta Express case.
The Samjhauta Express blast that took place in the Delhi-Lahore train in 2007 had left nearly 70 people, mostly Pakistanis, dead.
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