WATCH | After Afghanistan FM's India visit, Taliban calls out Pakistan over ISIS terrorists 'hiding on their soil'

Taliban spokesperson Zabeehullah Mujahid on Sunday urged Pakistan to expel ISIS terrorists "hiding on their soil", echoing India's long-term stance against Islamabad harbouring terrorists.

This follows Afghanistan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi's six-day diplomatic visit to India—the first senior Taliban minister to do so, since the group seized power in Afghanistan, four years back.

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"Pakistan should expel the important ISIS members who are hiding there from its soil or hand them over to the Islamic Emirate," Mujahid said, claiming that Islamabad facilitated the training of these recruits by bringing them into the country via the Karachi and Islamabad airports.

Afghanistan and Pakistan are curently locked in a fierce border clash that has reportedly killed at least 58 Pakistani soldiers, and left 30 others injured.

(This is a developing story.)

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