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Pakistan summons IEA envoy after attack on military base
The IEA, whose spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment, has previously denied allowing the use of Afghan territory by militants, read the report.
Pakistan’s foreign ministry summoned the Islamic Emirate’s deputy head of mission on Wednesday and urged the latter’s administration to take action against Afghanistan-based militant groups that Islamabad says attacked a military base this week, Reuters reported.
Militants attacked the base in Bannu in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, ramming a vehicle loaded with explosives into the perimeter wall and killing eight Pakistani security force members.
According to Reuters the attack was claimed by the Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group, which Pakistan’s military said operates out of neighbouring Afghanistan.
Islamabad says it has consistently taken up the issue of rising cross-border attacks with the Islamic Emirate administration, raising tensions between the neighbours whose security forces have clashed at the border in recent years.
The IEA, whose spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment, has previously denied allowing the use of Afghan territory by militants, read the report.
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