*ISLAMABAD: Spokesperson of the armed forces, Director General InterServices Public Relations Major General Asif Ghafoor on Saturday said thatPakistan had done its job of bringing Afghan Taliban to the negotiatingtable.*
In an interview with an Arab news paper, Asif Ghafoor asserted that theAfghan Taliban were not excluding Pakistan from US-led talks being held inDoha.
He said that Pakistan was only a facilitator and had fulfilled its task ofbringing Taliban to the table and said that the outcomes of Doha dialogswould ascertain the future of Afghanistan.
Asif Ghafoor said that Kabul government was not capable to eliminate the sanctuaries of terrorists in the country. He said, “Pakistan has alwaysremained relevant and will continue to be relevant and when the U.S. leaveAfghanistan, it will leave acknowledging Pakistan’s role in ending theconflict. Our relationship shall further strengthen.”
He said that US, as a friendly country, should fulfill its promise to quitAfghanistan and added that it should not be tug of war for power in Kabulafter the withdrawal of US forces.
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Earlier, the United States and Taliban officials had agreed over the UStroops pullout from Afghanistan in their extended round of talks in Qatar,an American media report said on Saturday.
US-Taliban talks in Doha, Qatar entered the sixth day today. The USagreement pertaining to pulling out troops from the war-torn Afghanistanwould likely to be announced today, the report had said.
It further relayed that representatives of Pakistan and hosts Qatar alsoattended the dialogue.
