Heart of Asia Summit: Afghan President slams Pak for exporting terror

Amritsar: On the second day of Heart of Asia Summit, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani slammed Pakistan for transporting terror by declaring that the $500 million commitment by Islamabad for Afghan restoration would be strongly used in the battle against terrorism.

He also said that the Cross border terrorism is a primary concern and “we need aid to fight terrorism.”

Addressing directly to Sartaz Aziz, Ghani also said : “We need to identify cross-border terrorism and a fund to combat terrorism. Pakistan has pledged 500 million dollars for Afghanistan’s development. This amount, Mr Aziz, can be spent to contain extremism.”

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“Afghanistan suffered the highest number of casualties last year. This is unacceptable…some still provide sanctuary for terrorists. As a Taliban figure said recently if they had no sanctuary in Pakistan, they wouldn’t last a month,” Ghani said

“I don’t want a blame game, I want clarifications” on what is being done to prevent the export of terror, Ghani added.

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