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Agreement with Pakistan important for peace with Taliban: Afghan NSA
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Afghan National Security Advisor says Pakistan’s role is important in attaining peace in Afghanistan.
Says differences with Taliban remain on values and governance model of post war Afghanistan.
US says all options remain on the table for its remaining 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, including full withdrawal.
KABUL: Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib on Sunday said that it was important for Kabul to reach an agreement with Islamabad on outstanding issues if it wants peace with Taliban and end the war in the country.
“Pakistan’s role is important and to reach peace with the Taliban, it is important to have an agreement with Pakistan to resolve all issues,” said Mohib during a news conference in Kabul as quoted by Afghanistan based Bakhtar News Agency.
Negotiations with Taliban Will Not Lead to Durable Peace: Mohib
Amid new developments in the peace efforts, Afghanistan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib said negotiations with the Taliban will lead to a temporary peace, and he reiterated that achieving real peace requires addressing the regional and international dimensions of Afghanistan’s issue.
He said the ongoing war in the country has foreign dimensions and that there is a need to address regional and international dimensions to achieve real peace and prevent post-peace deal threats.
“The ongoing war is not an internal war, but it has foreign dimensions that’s why only negotiations with the Taliban will not lead to a durable peace,” Mohib said at a weekly briefing. “We should assess post-peace threats and their impacts on the people of Afghanistan.”
Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib at a press briefing on Saturday said the Taliban has does not have the authority for negotiations and that group so far has shown no