It’s premature to respond to interim setup in Afghanistan: Fawad Ch

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Information Minister for Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has said that it would be premature to respond to the announcement of a caretaker setup in Afghanistan.

Talking to BBC World News, he said that their engagement with Taliban enabled the US-Taliban negotiations and then helped in evacuation of thousands of people from Kabul. "Our engagement with the Taliban has also been appreciated by the world." 

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain strongly rejected the Indian media reports that Pakistan helped the Taliban in the attack on Panjshir. He said the Indian media used a video game to demonstrate that Pakistan is helping the attack on Panjshir. He termed the Indian media reports a pack of lies.

Chaudhary Fawad Hussain said that Pakistan is the worst sufferer of the Afghan conflict. He said that they suffered 80,000 casualties and a loss of US$150 billion to economy.