The conference was postponed after President Ashraf Ghani, reportedly in his meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan, called for its cancellation. Photo courtesy Radio Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Friday the Afghan Peace Conference being hosted by Pakistan had been postponed.
“The new dates of the said conference will be announced later,” the FO said. The conference was postponed after President Ashraf Ghani, reportedly in his meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan, called for its cancellation. President Ghani, while speaking at a regional connectivity conference in Uzbekistan, also bitterly criticised Pakistan for its alleged support of Afghan Taliban.
Pakistan rejects Afghan Vice President’s accusations against PAF supporting Taliban
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Foreign Office has strongly rejected the allegations of Afghanistan’s Vice President Amrullah Saleh against the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) trying to help the Taliban.
In a statement, Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said the Pakistan Air Force never communicated anything to the Afghan Air Force.
Giving the background of the situation, the Spokesperson said the Afghan side conveyed to Pakistan the intention of carrying out air operations inside its territory opposite the Chaman Sector of Pakistan.
He said Pakistan responded positively to the Afghan government’s right to act in its territory. In spite of very close border operations normally not acceded to by internationally accepted norms and standards, Pakistan took necessary measures within its territory to safeguard its own troops and population.
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Omer Farooq Khan / TNN / Jul 17, 2021, 01:28 IST
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday rejected allegations of Afghan president Ashraf Ghani and first vice-president Amrollah Saleh blaming Islamabad for its negative role in the Afghan peace process and openly supporting the Taliban against the Kabul government.
The Afghan president had accused networks and organisations in Pakistan of supporting the Taliban while addressing an international conference on ‘Central and South Asia Regional Connectivity: Challenges and Opportunities’ in Uzbekistan. Ghani claimed that the destruction of the assets and capabilities of the Afghan people are openly celebrated in Pakistan. It was an indirect reference to rallies that were recently held in the cities of Peshawar in the northwest and Quetta in the southwest by the Pakistani sympathizers of the Taliban in support of the ins
Pakistan rejects allegations of ‘air support’ to Afghan TalibanInternational 2021-07-17, by Editor Comments Off 0
Pakistan has rejected allegations made by a senior Afghan official that it had provided “close air support” to the Afghan Taliban after the armed group took over a key border crossing between the two countries, a Pakistani foreign ministry statement says.
Afghanistan’s First Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Thursday evening alleged that Pakistani forces were supporting the Afghan Taliban after they took control of the Spin Boldak border crossing with Pakistan in Kandahar province earlier this week.
Saleh had alleged that the Pakistani air force had “issued official warning to the Afghan Army and Air Force that any move to dislodge the Taliban from Spin Boldak area will be faced and repelled by the Pakistan Air Force”.
The conference was postponed after President Ashraf Ghani, reportedly in his meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan, called for its cancellation. Photo courtesy Radio Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Friday the Afghan Peace Conference being hosted by Pakistan had been postponed.
“The new dates of the said conference will be announced later,” the FO said. The conference was postponed after President Ashraf Ghani, reportedly in his meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan, called for its cancellation. President Ghani, while speaking at a regional connectivity conference in Uzbekistan, also bitterly criticised Pakistan for its alleged support of Afghan Taliban.