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Pakistan not seeking strategic depth in Afghanistan, Naval Chief says

Pakistan Navy Chief Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi told media persons at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington that Afghanistan is a separate, sovereign country and we respect it as that. Whatever strategic depth we have is our own. Abbasi turned down ‘the myth’ that Pakistan was seeking ‘strategic depth’ in Afghanistan.

The naval chief said political changes in Pakistan will not affect its Afghan policy and the country will continue to support peace and stability in Afghanistan. Pakistan, he said, did not want large ungovernable territories in Afghanistan because it had repercussions.
“Terrorists take refuge in Afghanistan and use its territory for launching attacks into Pakistan. The most recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan were conceived, planned and executed from Afghanistan. That’s why we are trying to fence our border,” he said. “We are all for a political solution to the Afghan problem.”

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