PrunefaceAziz
...Adviser to Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on National Security and Foreign Affairs, who believes in goodjihadis and
badjihadis as a matter of national policy...
said Tuesday that Islamabad wants peace in Afghanistan, insisting on his country will support all endeavours aimed at strengthening peace and security in the country.
In his remarks ahead of Ministerial Heart of Asia Conference, Azizi said instability in Afghanistan is not in the interest of Pakistain.
Renewing Pakistain's commitment to support all endeavours aimed at strengthening peace and security in Afghanistan, Aziz said the Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
of Asia summit is an effective platform for promoting regional economic cooperation and connectivity, with Afghanistan at its centre, according to Radio Pakistain.
Insisting on good progress of the summit since it was launched in 2011, Aziz said the summit provides an opportunity to member countries in result-oriented engagements for a peaceful and stable Afghanistan, and a secure and prosperous region as a whole.
He said political consultation involving Afghanistan and its neighbours and the regional countries with a view to promoting mutual trust in the areas of security and economic interaction was among the key achievements of the summit.
The two-day annual summit is expected to focus energy, infrastructure and investment deals to shore up commitment to Afghanistan as representatives from the neighboring countries of Afghanistan, including Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, China, India and Iran as well as representatives from Russia, Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, Azerbaijan,
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the UAE participating in the summit.
Efforts to revive the stalled Afghan peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban group will also be discussed during the summit.
Chief Executive Officer 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...
said Monday that President Mohammad 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. ..
will also attend the summit.