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Peace initiatives with Pakistan remain unsuccessful, says Afghan president
[DAWN] Afghanistan's Caped President 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. ..on Saturday said the peace initiatives taken by Afghanistan with Pakistain are not successful as Pakistain differentiates between good and bad gunnies "in practice". "Our regional initiatives with neighbours are beginning to yield significant cooperative dividends. However, a lie repeated often enough remains a lie... the exception is with Pakistain," the Afghan president said during his speech on second day of NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... summit. He added that despite clear commitments to the quadrilateral grinding of the peace processor, "Pakistain's dangerous distinction between good and bad gunnies is being maintained in practice." Posted by: Fred 2016-07-10 |
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