KABUL – Despite all efforts and sincerity from Pakistan, Afghan PresidentAshraf Ghani seemed frustrated with Pakistan.
Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani said that peace in Afghanistan will bethe greatest asset for Pakistan’s prosperity in terms of energy ifIslamabad changes its attitude towards Afghanistan and addresses the commonissue of terrorism, Khaama Press has reported.
“Afghanistan wants an engagement with Pakistan. Our relationship falls inthree buckets. Our fundamental problem with Pak is their inaction. 1:removing shadow of violence. 2: we will be the greatest prosperous assetfor Pakistan in terms of energy. 3: the joint issue which is terrorism,” hesaid.
This comes shortly after sources close to the Taliban said the US andTaliban had reportedly inched closer towards sealing an agreement on somekey issues this week in Doha, Qatar.
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However, Ghani said the function of the office of Zalmay Khalilzad, theUnited States Special Representatives for Afghanistan Reconciliation, wasto facilitate direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban.
“The function of Ambassador Khalilzad’s office is to bring the Taliban tothe negotiating table with Afghan government. We need regional andinternational consensus to achieve peace,” Ghani said in Davos, whichcoincided with the Doha talks.
