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Pakistan lost opportunities given by President Ghani: Hina Rabbani Khar
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The former foreign affairs minister of Pakistain Hina Rabbani Khar has said Pakistain should change course in neighboring Afghanistan, a recommendation which comes amid deteriorating relations between 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 World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either....
 and Islamabad, mainly due to war against terrorism.

In an interview with Gandhara/RFERL, Khar urged urged Islamabad to revive their administration’s foreign policy approach of maintaining good relations with neighboring countries.

In response to a question regarding Kabul’s stance against Pakistain, accusing it for harboring the Afghan krazed killer groups, Khar said "That is the most disheartening thing to see. It causes me personal grief because we had literally poised Pakistain within the region. When I was foreign minister, we tried to concentrate on relations closer to home. And I, as well as my prime minister at that time, have categorically said that Kabul is the most important capital for Pakistain. We invested a great deal of energy and effort to make Kabul as the most important capital for us. As foreign minister of Pakistain, I visited Kabul three times in two years. In contrast, I visited Washington only once. It was because we thought Kabul is more important."

Khar further added "What this government has been able to do is let the opportunity that came with 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. ..
 go by. We lost that window of opportunity that opened when Ghani came into power. He gave Pakistain a pretty reasonable deal. He offered pretty much everything that Pakistain was asking for. I do not know the internal dynamics of the current government to be able to say what they should do to make amends, but I can say for sure that this government has not been able to sustain its relationship with Afghanistan, India, and Iran."

The remarks by Khar came as President Ghani once again slammed Pakistain for its reluctance to take actions against the Afghan krazed killer groups using its soil.

President Ghani said during his speech at the 6th Heart of Asia conference on Sunday that "Despite our intense engagement with Pakistain on bilateral and multilateral basis, the undeclared war ‐ the name that I gave to the phenomenon in the winter 2014 ‐ not only has not abated but also intensified during 2016, with special intensity right after the Brussels Conference."


Posted by: Fred 2016-12-11
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