Following the India-Afghanistan joint statement issued in New Delhi, Pakistan on Saturday summoned the Afghan ambassador and voiced “strong reservations” regarding references to Jammu and Kashmir by Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, who arrived in New Delhi on Thursday, for a six-day visit to India.

The Foreign Office stated, “It was conveyed that the reference to Jammu and Kashmir as part of India is in clear violation of the relevant UN Security Council resolutions…" Islamabad also dismissed Muttaqi's claim that terrorism is an internal matter for Pakistan, according to PTI .

Underscoring Pakistan’s decades-long support, the FO noted that the country had sheltered nearly four million Afghans for more than 40 years. With the peace restoring in Afghanistan, Pakistan reaffirmed

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