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Afghanistan
Pakistan 'disappointed' over Afghan leadership's behaviour: Foreign Office
2016-09-17
[DAWN] The Foreign Office on Friday expressed disappointment over the "unhelpful statements" made by the Afghan leadership and termed it "complete disregard to the efforts that Pakistain has made for peace and stability in Afghanistan".

Foreign Office’s statement was in response to 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. ..
’s earlier call to involve India in transit trade with Afghanistan.

"We have noted with disappointment the unhelpful statements made by Afghan leadership in complete disregard to the efforts that Pakistain has made and continues to make for peace and stability in Afghanistan," Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria told news hounds in the federal capital.

"We remain committed to lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan," he said, adding that Pakistain firmly believes that peace in Afghanistan was in its interest and necessary for stability and progress of the region.

"Our efforts for peace, stability and economic progress are a matter of our commitment to brotherly people of Afghanistan -- millions of whom have been hosted in Pakistain for past 37 years," he maintained.

Ghani, during a meeting with the UK’s special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistain Owen Jenkins in Kabul
...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either....
last week, had threatened to block Pakistain’s trade access to Central Asian States (CAS) if it did not allow Afghanistan to trade with India through the Wagah border.

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