Pakistan has influence on Taliban but doesn’t control them: Fawad

The Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Chaudhary Fawad Hussain has said that Pakistan has influence on the Taliban but does not control them.

According to media reports, the Information Minister has expressed these views in a statement on Friday.

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Chaudhary Fawad Hussain has said that we are trying that the Kabul airport reopens at the earliest. He said there is no new influx of Afghan refugees to Pakistan.

The Information Minister further stated that the situation is not such that the Afghan people flee their country. He said that Pakistan desires stability in Afghanistan.