Afghan soil being used for terrorism in Pakistan: Talal Chaudhry

Several videos were also played during the press conference. He said the so-called Action Committee in Azad Jammu and Kashmir had been declared proscribed on the basis of concrete evidence.

Chaudhry said the "Tears Crime Network" was facilitating terrorism in Pakistan and that efforts to trace the network began with the arrest of a man identified as Zia., Zia, a resident of Azad Kashmir, had been involved in the arms trade for the past eight to 10 years.

He alleged that Zia had been supplying weapons for the past two years to people close to the proscribed Jammu Kashmir Awami Action Committee. He said Zia was arrested after security forces came under fire, adding that investigators recovered information about the network from his mobile phone.

Chaudhry said Zia was in contact with a man identified as Majid, who he alleged worked closely with Sardar Aman, an active member of the proscribed Awami Action Committee. An audio recording of a conversation between the two men was also played during the press conference.

The minister further alleged that Zia was in contact with an Afghan national named Zarshad, who supplied weapons to the network. He said Zarshad operated from different cities in Afghanistan. Chaudhry also claimed that a government employee identified as Akbar was part of the network.