| “Nice little country ya got there — be a shame if our Taliban happened to it while we were distracted.” |
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it
Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
could affect the Afghan peace talks.
Speaking during an interview with the editorial of New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
, Ambassador Khan said the redeployment of troops from the bordering regions with Afghanistan to Kashmir frontier could complicate peace talks with the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
he said Kashmir and Afghanistan issues were separate emphasizing that he was not attempting to link them.
Ambassador Khan further added that Pakistain hoped the American talks with the Taliban would succeed.
He also added that Islamabad is doing all it can and will continue support the Afghan peace talks.
This comes as the Pak Ambassador to Afghanistan Zahid Nasrullah Khan has assured the latest issue in Kashmir will have no impact on Afghan grinding of the peace processor.
He made the remarks during an interaction with the Afghan media outlets in Kabul last week.