TEHRAN – Iran-Pakistan strategic policy has been able to isolate the USforeign policy in Afghanistan and take hold of the peace talks inAfghanistan, a magazine for Asia-Pacific wrote on Tuesday.
Washington’s hostile policies against Tehran and Islamabad have given riseto the alliance between the two neighboring countries and eventually to astranded Washington in Afghanistan, Diplomat said.
According to the magazine ‘Strained relations with Pakistan and zerochannels of communication with Iran isolate US’ foreign policy ahead ofnegotiations with the Taliban and an imminent US troop drawdown.’
By not letting Afghanistan’s neighbors to be involved in peace talks withthe Taliban, the United States has actually limited its foreign policy andfinally agreed to involve Afghanistan’s neighbors in the peace talks whenthe issue was under control of Tehran and Islamabad.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi Pakistan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs recentlytraveled to Iran, Afghanistan, China and Russia to resolve the crisis inAfghanistan and to seek the three countries’ support in the peace processin Afghanistan.
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In his trip to Tehran, Qureshi met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad-JavadZarif and the two discussed the importance of stability, security andconstructive convergence in the region, especially among Afghans and thecooperation of the two countries in this regard.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassem announced last week thatTaliban would visit Iran last week and noted the main goal of the talks wasto find approaches or facilitators to advance the talks between Afghangroups and the Afghan government.
