General Sadat says that current Afghan Taliban regime provides operational support to anti-Pakistan militant groups
Former Afghan Army Chief Lieutenant General Sami Sadat has validated Pakistan’s long-standing stance on cross-border terrorism, revealing that the Taliban use Indian financial backing to sponsor militant operations against Pakistan.
In a media interview, General Sadat addressed the specific financial nexus driving this instability, stating, “And it is also true that the Taliban have very close relations with India, the money they take here, and then they give that money to TTP and give it to Balochistan to carry out operations in Pakistan”.
The former commander asserted that the Taliban facilitate militant organisations while leveraging financial assistance for strategic objectives.
General Sadat said that the current Afghan authorities provide operational support to anti-Pakistan militant groups, effectively enabling these outfits to carry out attacks within Pakistani territory.
He said that external funding is being redirected to sustain the militant networks and that Indian financial assistance specifically reaches groups such as Fitna al-Khawarij and Fitna al-Hindustan to execute terrorist attacks inside Pakistan.
According to the analysts, General Sadat’s remarks closely align with concerns frequently raised by Pakistani regarding the use of Afghan soil for militant activities.
At his weekly press briefing on Thursday, Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi, responding to a question about ice-breaking with Afghanistan, said, “The ice has not broken. The ice will not break until Afghanistan renounces its support for terrorism against Pakistan. The Afghan Taliban regime must renounce terrorism against Pakistan and give verifiable written assurances that its territory will not be used to foment, engineer, sponsor, or execute terrorist attacks against Pakistan. Until those assurances are provided, backed by concrete actions, the ice will not break.”
