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| 'Pakistan following no-interference policy in Afghanistan' |
| 2013-12-19 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Winding up a debate on foreign policy, Adviser to the PM on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Wednesday that peace in neighbourhood is the top priority of government for which the prime minister had visited both India and Afghanistan. He informed the Upper House of Parliament that Pakistan is following the policy of non-interference in Afghanistan and not of fighting proxy wars. The Taliban, al-Qaeda, and the Haqqani network are all headquartered in Pakistain. Beturbanned killers cross into Afghanistan from safe areas at will. But Pakistain really has nothing to do with that. Do they? He further said that Pakistan has no favourites in Afghanistan and its policy of non-interference in Afghanistan affairs has helped improve bilateral relations. The adviser said that Pakistan is in favour of Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process. He said 2014 presents both challenges and opportunities for Afghanistan and three kinds of transition -- political, economic and security. The issue of the Bilateral Security Agreement and residual presence of ISAF forces after 2014, he said, was still in the process of being sorted out. The adviser said that the concept of Afghanistan as a strategic depth has become "totally outdated" and needs no more importance. He said that strategic depth means nothing both for Afghanistan and Pakistan. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 ...not including the Pak ISI? |
| Posted by: P2Kontheroad 2013-12-19 09:12 |
| #2 How many of the insurgent leaders live in Pakistan? |
| Posted by: Paul D 2013-12-19 06:51 |
| #1 HHHHMMM, HHHHMMMM, sounds almost "Iranian" iff Afghanistan were Syria or Iraq??? Somebody wants to be a Bammer OWG "Co-Superpower". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-12-19 01:43 |