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Let’s think of ending Afghan war, not winning it: Ghani
[DAWN] In his talks with National Security Adviser retired Lt Gen Nasser Khan Janjua in Kabul on Saturday, 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. ..called for a clean break from the past and said the parties involved should think of ending the war in Afghanistan, instead of winning it, said a statement issued by the adviser’s office on Sunday. The Afghan president said he had pinned great hopes on Pakistain. "We have made a sincere and serious offer of peace [to the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... ] and together we have to make the best of it by moving beyond the past. "Let’s not remain prisoners of the past and let’s secure our future with the aim not to win the war, but to end it, for which Pakistain should help [Afghanistan]," the statement quoted Mr Ghani as saying. According to the statement, he also expressed strong support for connectivity with the Central Asian Republics to reap the benefits of ideal geostrategic location of Afghanistan and Pakistain. "Without each other, we are not complete," he remarked. The Afghan president called for a roadmap to be prepared for a comprehensive engagement with Pakistain in order to carry the relationship forward. He also invited Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to Kabul for talks. Posted by: Fred 2018-03-20 |
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