Bajwa Credits Pakistan For Afghan Peace Talks

With the United States looking for proceeded with help for harmony in Afghanistan, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Bajwa on Monday credited Prime Minister Imran Khan for Pakistan’s part in the beginning of intra-Afghan Peace Talks. 

The COAS was conversing with US Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, who was visiting Pakistan alongside his assignment. 

Mr Khalilzad’s most recent excursion to Pakistan came a day after the beginning of since quite a while ago postponed exchange between the warring Afghan groups in Doha. The discussions commenced with a prominent service that was, other than the Afghan government and Taliban appointments, gone to by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, PM of Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheik Mohammed container Abdulrahman Al Thani, and senior ambassadors from a few nations. 

At the debut function, various European nations commended Pakistan for its commitments to the harmony cycle. 

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Secretary Pompeo had at the function expressed gratitude toward Qatar for its help and said his nation “will always remember the solidarity of our numerous partners and accomplices who have remained with us in the long battle to end this war”. 

The Inter-Services Public Relations, the military’s media issues wing, said Mr Khalilzad “enormously refreshing” Pakistan’s part in the progressing harmony measure saying “it couldn’t have prevailing without Pakistan’s genuine and unqualified help”. 

Pakistan says it encouraged the US-Taliban arrangement marked in February, got the warring sides to watch truce on Eid, and helped break the impasse over the detainees’ delivery that had been deferring the beginning of the intra-Afghan discourse. 

Gen Bajwa stated: “PM Imran Khan has given clear vision with respect to harmony and availability in the locale and all components of public force are joined towards making that vision a reality to guarantee hotly anticipated harmony, progress and success in the district.” 

In an announcement on Mr Khalilzad’s excursion, the US consulate said he “focused on the requirement for progressing territorial and worldwide help for this memorable open door for harmony”. 

PM Khan in his announcement on the beginning of the discussions had said Pakistan had satisfied its part for harmony in Afghanistan however he guaranteed that his administration would keep on supporting the harmony cycle.