Afghanistan expresses concern over continuation of ‘unprofessional’ remarks by Pak’s Interior Minister

Kabul, Jul 21 (UNI) Afghanistan Foreign Ministry on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the continuation of ‘unprofessional’ remarks by Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad regarding the abduction of the daughter of the country’s Ambassador in Islamabad, saying ‘unilateral statements’ and ‘unprofessional prejudgments’ would put a question mark on the ongoing investigation.
While the investigation process has not been concluded and the perpetrators have not been arrested, the continuation of unilateral statements and unprofessional prejudgments will call the transparency of the investigation into question and result in increased mistrust, the Afghanistan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Hospital reports have endorsed the mental and physical torture of Ms Silsila Ali Khil. We expect unprofessional prejudgements to be avoided before the investigation comes to an end. Instead, we urge that all efforts should be geared towards obtaining evidence and completing the probe, as well as arresting and prosecuting the perpetrators, it added.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan is committed to full cooperation in the investigation process through the collaboration of delegations from both sides. We hope to see the reasons behind the incident, and the investigation results soon finalized and announced based on the findings of the investigating teams of the two countries, it concluded.
Earlier in the day, Afghanistan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar spoke to his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi and expressed deep concern over Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad’s remarks on the ongoing investigation into the kidnapping case of the Afghan envoy’s daughter.
Pakistan’s Interior Minister had accused Afghanistan and India of defaming his country by ‘distorting’ the facts. He also alleged that officials found no evidence of abduction of Afghan envoy’s daughter.