The Presidential Palace said after paying a visit to Pakistani military officials, U.S senators assured Afghanistan that Pakistan, in coordination with Kabul, will conduct joint operations along the Durand Line.

President Ashraf Ghani’s spokesman, deputy Najibullah Azad, said the operation will be conducted under the U.S’s supervision. 

“Both countries will launch operations in their territory against terrorists and oversee the U.S operations,” said Azad. 

“This means that both counties launch operations on their territory to destroy enemy nests on the other side of the Durand Line,” said Mohammad Radmanish, deputy spokesman for the Ministry of Defense (MoD).

However, there are concerns that the main terrorist hideouts, which are not along the Durand Line, will remain safe and for this reason the effect of the operation will be questioned.

“The target must not be only war activities but target should also be the terrorist nests along the Durand Line,” said Nasrullah Stanikzai, a university lecturer.

Meanwhile it appears that Afghan CEO Abdullah Abdullah is cautious about the operation and said that if the United States does not supervise the situation closely, the operation will not bring any favorable results. 

“If the U.S monitoring takes place, both sides can take military action after identifying the terrorist centers,” said CEO spokesman Mujib Rahimi. 

Four years ago, the Afghan and Pakistani army chiefs agreed to launch a joint operation along the Durand Line, but the agreement was never carried out. 

This last announcement however comes after a U.S congressional delegation on Tuesday warned that Washington will change its approach towards Pakistan if Islamabad fails to tackle militants effectively.  

The five-member bipartisan delegation which was made up of senator John McCain and fellow senators Lindsey Graham, Elizabeth Warren, David Perdue and Sheldon Whitehouse, arrived in Kabul on Tuesday after holding discussions with Pakistani officials in Islamabad. 

The congressional delegation stressed the need for the elimination of the Taliban and its brutal offshoot Haqqani Network and their safe havens in Pakistan. 

They said that the deployment of additional troops to Afghanistan was needed and that more authority should be given to these forces to win the war in the country. 

The lawmakers' trip comes as Islamabad faces mounting criticism for providing sanctuaries to Taliban-linked groups, who are plotting attacks in Afghanistan from Pakistan.