Malaysia urges restraint as Pakistan-Afghanistan hostilities escalate


KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called on Pakistan and Afghanistan to exercise maximum restraint and to immediately cease all military operations that has escalated in recent days.

Malaysia viewed with concern the cross-border military operations and declarations of open conflict between the two neighbouring Muslim nations, the prime minister said, adding that the loss of life on both sides was a source of profound sorrow and that the violence unfolding during the month of Ramadan made the situation even more grievous.

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