| Any peace deal between Pakistan and Taliban fighters would fail and terrorism should be tackled globally, Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta said on Thursday. “We believe that any efforts by any country in our region to have a separate peace deal with international terrorists ... will fail,” he told reporters. “Past experiences have proved that such efforts will only result in those who make such efforts becoming the victims,” he added. A peace deal between Pakistan and pro-Taliban tribes in North Waziristan in September 2006 was criticised in Kabul; officials said it had resulted in increased attacks in Afghanistan. Spanta said countries in the region needed to work together with their international partners in a “clear, continued and coordinated fight against terrorism”, adding that “finding a peaceful way to decrease terrorism in all countries, not only in one place, is an issue that all sides should act upon”. |