ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Foreign Office says Quadrilateral Consultative Groupinvolving Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the United States is the mostappropriate forum to help take the Afghan owned and Afghan peace processforward.
Foreign Office spokesman Dr. Muhammad Faisal in an interview with RadioPakistan’s Current Affairs Channel said Pakistan supports all peaceinitiatives to resolve Afghan problem.
He said that all sorts of weapons and ammuniton were used in Afghanistanduring the last seventeen years but no substantial achievement was made inachieving peace.
He said Afghan and other issues can only be addressed through dialogue asmilitary solution has totally failed.
He said Pakistan’s concern about Afghan issue should also be addressed.
About the possible outcome of the Kabul process next month, Dr. MuhammadFaisal said it depends on the attitude of the Afghan Government.
He said there are issues like repatriation of Afghan refugees to theirhomeland with dignity and honour, exponential rise in drugs and poppycultivation and use of the drug money to fuel the war economy and attackson Pakistan side from Afghan soil.