May 11, 2021
PESHAWAR: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa accompanied by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) head Lt Gen Faiz Hameed reached Kabul on an unannounced visit on Monday.
They called separately on President Dr Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation.
Gen Bajwa reiterated that a peaceful Afghanistan means a peaceful region in general and a peaceful Pakistan in particular, and stated: We will always support ‘Afghan led-Afghan owned peace process’ based on mutual consensus of all the stakeholders.”
Afghan President thanked the COAS for a meaningful discussion and appreciated Pakistan s sincere and positive role in the peace process.
Pakistan s Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday met the top Afghan leadership in Kabul and reiterated that Pakistan would continue to support the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process based on mutual consensus of all stakeholders.
Bajwa, accompanied by Inter-Services Intelligence Lieutenant General Faiz Hamid, visited Afghanistan and held talks with President Ashraf Ghani and senior leader Abdullah Abdullah.
According to an official statement, Bajwa said, “A peaceful Afghanistan means a peaceful region in general and a peaceful Pakistan in particular.”
Matters of mutual interest, current developments in Afghan peace process, enhanced bilateral security and defence cooperation and need for effective border management between the two countries were discussed.
By Shazia Anwer Cheema
Pakistan Armed Forces are under attack again from Afghan soil and there is a reason to believe this is a tactical move from someone to build pressure on Pakistan so Pakistan builds pressure on the Taliban to accept US terms for peace.
There is a possibility that NATO allies are already building up stress on Pakistan through GSP+ Status and FATF situations because both issues are critically important for Pakistan but the Pakistani diplomatic corps and Pakistan Army have a long history of surviving thousands of hurricanes in past and always come out undefeated and unmatchable.
راولپنڈی(اے پی پی/جنگ نیوز)افغان امن کا مطلب پرامن پاکستان ، جنرل باجوہ کی کابل میں اشرف غنی، عبد ﷲ عبد ﷲ سے ملاقاتیں، برطانوی جنرل بھی موجود، امن عمل پر گفتگو،دورے میں ڈی.
Afghanistan President Appreciates Pakistan’s Role in Peace Process
Afghanistan President Appreciates Pakistan’s Role in Peace Process
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Chief of Army Staff Gen. Bajwa reiterates Pakistan’s stance of always supporting an ‘Afghan-led and Afghan-owned’ peace process
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday appreciated Pakistan’s “sincere and positive role” in the ongoing Afghan peace process during a meeting with Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa in Kabul.
According to a statement issued by the military’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Army chief and Inter-Services Intelligence Director-General Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed were both on a one-day visit to the Afghan capital during which they met the country’s senior political leadership, as well as U.K. Chief of Defense Staff Gen. Sir Nicholas Patrick Carter.