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Pakistan seems to be dragging its feet on the Afghan peace process
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Pakistain likely has been dragging its feet on bringing the Afghan Taliban to the negotiation table with Afghan government.A Pak news agency says that Islamabad is reluctant to host face-to-face meeting between Afghan government and Taliban and therefore it has informed Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... to remain in direct contacts with Taliban’s Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... office in this regard. This comes as a decision was made in the fourth Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG), formed by peace negotiators from Afghanistan, Pakistain, the United States and China, meeting that the upcoming peace talks between Afghan government and Taliban would take place in Islamabad. The Express Tribune reports that sources privy to the development said Pakistain is wary of the pressure that comes to it in the event of hosting the talks and the expectation from it to bring all Taliban factions to the negotiating table. The media outlet citing reports says that bringing the main Taliban groups to table may be a Herculean task as the Taliban seem all set for their Spring Offensive. The news also comes a day after reports suggested that Taliban have rejected pressure by Pakistain for peace talks with Afghan government. The agreement to revive stalled peace talks with Taliban was reached during a meeting between President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. and Pak Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... on the sideline of the "Heart of Asia" conference in Islamabad. Although, Kabul had lost trust on Islamabad’s faith in the grinding of the peace processor and therefore was not willing to discuss the matter again but President Ghani said yes for meeting PM Nawaz Sharif after a delegation from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... and Quetta convinced him for giving it another try. Posted by: Fred 2016-03-17 |
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