Asif sees seismic change in ties with Kabul

ISLAMABAD:

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Friday that terrorists would pay a "heavy price", regardless of "wherever the source of terrorism lies".

In the same vein, he said the relationship with Kabul would no longer be like it was in the past.

"There will no longer

be protest notes or appeals for peace; no delegations will go to Kabul. Wherever the source of terrorism lies, it will have to pay a heavy price," said the minister in a post on X.

The defence minister added Islamabad "can no longer afford to have relations with Kabul like in the past".