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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in a message from prison said on Friday that Pakistani officials are “foolishly” threatening to attack Afghanistan, instead of restoring relations with the Islamic Emirate for countering terrorism.

In the message, Khan emphasized that without the support of the Afghan government, Pakistan would not succeed in the newly announced military operation.

“If you launch an operation against the Taliban (TTP), they will flee into Afghanistan. Without cooperation from Afghanistan, you cannot succeed in this operation. Why didn’t Bilawal Bhutto and the current foreign minister go to Afghanistan? Restoring relations with Afghanistan is our immediate need,” he said.

Khan warned that the new operation under the name of Azm-e Istehkam will increase instability in Pakistan.

Earlier, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif announced that his country will continue to carry out attacks in Afghanistan as part of Azm-e-Istehkam operation.

Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry in response warned that any attack would have consequences.

Pakistani officials have repeatedly claimed that attacks in this country are orchestrated in Afghanistan. But the Islamic Emirate denies these claims, saying that Afghanistan is not responsible for Pakistan’s security failure.