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Pakistan’s two-faced game helped in Taliban’s return, Abdullah tells Halifax
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Chief Executive of the Government of National Unity of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun...blames Pakistain’s two-faced game helped in return of the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... insurgency. Speaking during the Halifax International Security Forum in Canada, Abdullah said the Taliban group returned and resumed its insurgency in Afghanistan due to the two-faced games of the neighboring Pakistain. Abdullah further added that the decision to withdraw forces from Afghanistan in 2014 also had a negative impact on security of Afghanistan. In the meantime, Abdullah said the Afghan government is optimistic regarding the strategy of Washington about South Asia. According to Abdullah, the new strategy announced by President Trump will hopefully increase pressures on Taliban and its supporters to opt for the reconciliation process. The Afghan and US officials have long been insisting that the leadership councils of the Taliban and the notorious Haqqani terrorist network are based in the key cities of Pakistain where from they plan and coordinate attacks in Afghanistan. The United States has also increased pressures on Islamabad to take immediate steps in dismantling the safe havens and sanctuaries of the Taliban and Haqqani network  in its soil and in its latest move restricted the future military aid to Pakistain to certification of the country’s steps against the two groups.Posted by: Fred 2017-11-21 |
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