Pakistan needs to re-evaluate its policy of favouring Pashtuns in Afghanistan: Expert ANI | Updated: May 21, 2021 21:50 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] May 21, (ANI): Pakistan needs to re-evaluate its policy of favouring Pashtuns in Afghanistan as by dissociating itself from sophisticated inter-ethnic and inter-tribal affairs, Islamabad can gain leverage in the eyes of all Afghans.
Arwin Rahi writing in The National Interest said that this will help Pakistan to bring all Afghan factions to the negotiating table to reach a durable settlement in Afghanistan.
He noted that Pakistan s moral and material support to Afghan Pashtuns, oftentimes at the expense of other Afghan ethnic groups, hasn t served Pakistan well. Since Pakistan is directly involved in the Afghan peace process, it s an opportune time for Pakistani policymakers to re-evaluate and correct this aspect of Pakistan s Afghan policy.
Favoring Pashtuns in is not in Pakistan s Interest
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22 May 2021, 03:03 GMT+10
Islamabad [Pakistan] May 21, (ANI): Pakistan needs to re-evaluate its policy of favouring Pashtuns in Afghanistan as by dissociating itself from sophisticated inter-ethnic and inter-tribal affairs, Islamabad can gain leverage in the eyes of all Afghans.
Arwin Rahi writing in The National Interest said that this will help Pakistan to bring all Afghan factions to the negotiating table to reach a durable settlement in Afghanistan.
He noted that Pakistan s moral and material support to Afghan Pashtuns, oftentimes at the expense of other Afghan ethnic groups, hasn t served Pakistan well. Since Pakistan is directly involved in the Afghan peace process, it s an opportune time for Pakistani policymakers to re-evaluate and correct this aspect of Pakistan s Afghan policy. According to The National Interest, Initially, for the first three decades after Pakistan s founding, it was Afghanistan that regarded it
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Favoring Pashtuns in Afghanistan Is Not in Pakistan’s Interest
By dissociating itself from sophisticated inter-ethnic and inter-tribal affairs, which it can’t solve or manage, Pakistan will gain respectable leverage in the eyes of all Afghans, which in turn will help Pakistan bring all Afghan factions to the negotiating table to reach a durable settlement.
Pakistan’s moral and material support to Afghan Pashtuns, oftentimes at the expense of other Afghan ethnic groups, hasn’t served Pakistan well. Since Pakistan is directly involved in the Afghan peace process, it’s an opportune time for Pakistani policymakers to re-evaluate and correct this aspect of Pakistan’s Afghan policy.
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