In an interview to AFP Afghanistan's national security adviser and former foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta has called on the Pakistani government to "take serious measures" against Islamist groups launching attacks on Afghan targets from secure havens inside Pakistan".

Hizb ut-Tahrir is an Islamic Political Party which operates intellectually and politically in all Islamic lands with the aim of establishing the Islamic Khilafah "Caliphate". The party has adopted its method of establishing the Khilafah "Caliphate" from the Sunnah of the Prophet Mohammad (saw), which includes three stages. The party has not deviated from this method ever since its establishment in 1953. These stages are: