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...
on Sunday said the United States wants Pakistain to act against the Afghan Taliban but "Pakistain cannot fight Afghanistan's war on its own soil".
In an interview with the state-owned Pakistain Television (PTV), Aziz maintained that US authorities have the "misconception" that Pakistain is backing certain Taliban groups or the Haqqani network
, while in reality Pakistain has effectively demolished their whole infrastructure during Operation Zarb-e-Azb..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)...
"Most of the groups fighting in Afghanistan are fighting from within Afghanistan, but the perception persists that Pakistain should take action against them," said Aziz.
Answering a question regarding the peace dialogue, the foreign affairs adviser stated that Pakistain had succeeded in forming the Quadrilateral Co-ordination Group (QCG) during last year's Heart of Asia Conference and the group had formed a good working mechanism.
"Our viewpoint was that you (NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
and ISAF) have been fighting for the last 15 years but could not bring peace, now dialogue remains the only option, even if the Taliban cannot occupy Afghanistan they can still continue the fight for years to come."
He, however, lamented that both Afghan authorities and Taliban are divided over the issue of talks.