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| Efforts underway to revive stalled Afghan peace talks: Sartaj Aziz |
| 2015-09-16 |
| [DAWN] Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz ...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 Tuesday informed the Senate that efforts were being made for resumption of reconciliation talks between the Afghan Taliban and the Afghan government. The adviser said the announcement about Mullah Omar ... a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality in a country already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality... 's death had caused suspension of the talks. He stated that now Mullah Omar's son, Mullah Yaqoob, had himself confirmed that his father had never left Afghanistan, died of tuberculosis and hepatitis and was buried in Afghanistan. "Mullah Omar's son has confirmed that his father had died and was buried in Afghanistan," said the adviser. Aziz also strongly rejected reports that Mullah Omar had died in Pakistain and termed them baseless. Responding to a question regarding the resumption of the stalled dialogue process, Aziz said it now depends on the Afghan government, and they can resume the process if they are willing to. Earlier in July, the leadership of the Afghan Taliban had disassociated itself from a process Pakistain had been facilitating to encourage the group's dialogue with the government of Afghanistan for peace and reconciliation. Pakistain's role in facilitating the reconciliation process has always been considered as crucial. But Pak officials have all along been cautioning about the limits of their influence on the Taliban. |
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