{"id":7264,"date":"2025-11-04T22:27:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T22:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsmakers.com.pk\/en\/?p=7264"},"modified":"2025-11-04T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T22:30:00","slug":"ishaq-dar-makes-things-clear-to-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsmakers.com.pk\/en\/pakistan\/ishaq-dar-makes-things-clear-to-afghanistan\/7264\/","title":{"rendered":"Ishaq Dar Makes &#8216;Things Clear&#8217; To Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Wednesday, 05 November 2025 | Web Desk<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has said that he made it clear to Afghanistan\u2019s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi that Pakistan only seeks one thing \u2014 that Afghan soil should not be used against Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking during a Senate session, Ishaq Dar revealed that Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi called him six times yesterday. \u201cI told him that we only have one demand \u2014 your soil must not be used against us,\u201d Dar stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foreign Minister recalled that when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, a Pakistani delegation had visited Kabul, saying they had come \u201cfor a cup of tea,\u201d but, according to Dar, \u201cthat cup of tea proved to be very costly for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dar noted that in the four years since the Taliban\u2019s takeover, there had been no formal engagement between the two countries. \u201cI visited Afghanistan myself, held talks with their leadership, and reached certain agreements. My only demand was that Afghan soil must not be used against Pakistan,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmakers.com.pk\/en\/pakistan\/talks-with-taliban-impossible-says-dg-ispr\/7258\/\">Talks with Taliban Impossible, Says DG ISPR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on reports that clerics in Punjab were being given Rs10,000 to Rs25,000, Dar said he was not aware of such payments but added, \u201cIf this is true, it is unfortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, 05 November 2025 | Web Desk Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has said that he made it clear to Afghanistan\u2019s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi that Pakistan only seeks one thing \u2014 that Afghan soil should not be used against Pakistan. 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