Pakistan slams Afghan Taliban for 'shifting blame', 'persistent refusal' to address terrorism issues

The information ministry on Saturday rebuked the Afghan Taliban’s stance on the ongoing conflict between the two countries, assailing its “persistent refusal to address terrorism” emanating from Afghanistan’s soil. The statement came in response to remarks made by Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid, who blamed Islamabad’s “wrong policies” for preventing a resolution to the conflict and insisted Kabul was not the cause of counterterrorism issues. “Pakistan does not want to resolve the conflict with Afghanistan through talks,” Mujahid told Hurriyat Radio , claiming that Islamabad…