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India-Pakistan
Pakistan wants to cooperate in bringing peace to Afghanistan, NSA Janjua tells British envoy
2017-10-18
[DAWN] Pakistain wants to extend its complete cooperation in bringing peace and stability in Afghanistan and no one should be allowed to ruin the cordial relations between the two countries by indulging in the blame game, National Security Adviser (NSA) Nasser Janjua informed Britannia's Special Representative on Afghanistan and Pakistain, Owen Jenkin, on Tuesday.

Jenkin and High Commissioner Thomas Drew had called on Janjua to discuss the various aspects of the prevailing situation as well as a way forward to bring peace and stability in the country as well as the region, read a statement issued after the meeting.

Janjua expressed satisfaction over the recent positive developments between Pakistain and Afghanistan and said that Islamabad recognises the prevailing optimism very positively and more so as an opportunity to work together.

"The army chief's visit to Afghanistan and the reciprocal warmth shown by Afghanistan has opened a new door to re-established our cooperative framework to proceed further," he said while appreciating 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. ..
for presenting a cordial and cooperative outlook of his country.

"All we need is the positivity and confidence from the governments of Afghanistan and United States. We should not be hurt anymore by blame game. It is not by way of coercion but surely by way of a greater understanding that Pakistain wants to extend full cooperation to help seek peace and stability in Afghanistan," the NSA was quoted as saying.

"We understand that we have a common future with Afghanistan " he added.

Janjua reiterated that Pakistain and Afghanistan needed to resume and strengthen political, diplomatic, military and intelligence cooperative framework at all levels

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