Afghan Prez's tweet on violence against protesters 'irresponsible', 'gross interference': Qureshi

Pakistan on Thursday rejected as "irresposible" and "gross interference" Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani's tweet over recent incidents of alleged violence against protesters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces.

Ghani had expressed serious concern about the violence perpetrated against peaceful protestors and civil activists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan provinces, both bordering Afghanistan.

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi took to Twitter to reject Ghani's tweet, saying "We reject the tweet by President Ashraf Ghani. Such irresponsible statements are only gross interference. Afghan leadership needed to focus on long-standing serious grievances of the Afghan people."
Ghani also said it was the moral responsibility of every government to support civil activities that take a stand against terrorism and extremism that "plagues and threatens our region and collective security."