Islamabad claims that India has used Afghan soil during the reign of Ashraf Ghani to train terrorist groups to launch attacks inside Pakistan. India now worries that.
By XU WEIWEI in Hong Kong | China Daily | Updated: 2021-07-19 07:44 Share CLOSE A session of the peace talks between the Afghan government (picture on left), and a delegation of the Taliban in Qatar s capital Doha, on Saturday. [Photo/Agencies]
A moment of great challenge as well as opportunity was dawning for Afghanistan and the region over the weekend as government representatives held talks with the Taliban in Qatar despite raging battles at home.
The head of the Afghan delegation Abdullah Abdullah said in Doha, capital of Qatar, on Saturday that there is still a chance for peace despite heavy fighting. Peace acceptable to all can and should only be achieved around a negotiating table, said Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation. Former president Hamid Karzai is also in the government delegation.
Daily Times
July 7, 2021
A single irresponsible statement by any public office holder can cause unimaginable damage to a country and its interests. This is especially true if that public office holder is the chief executive of the country. Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent remarks about Pakistan’s diplomats was one such statement.
In the recently held virtual meeting with Pakistan’s diplomats and envoys in different countries, the prime minister chided them publicly for not having the best interests of overseas Pakistanis at heart.
This one act has caused irreparable damage to the morale of diplomats and undermined all their services to Pakistan and its citizens overseas. The prime minister went as far as comparing Pakistani diplomats with those from India and praising the latter for working far better. I am not arguing that criticism should not be levelled where it is due. However, any criticism must be cognizant of ground realities and constructive in nature.
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The reaffirmation of Afghanistan s commitment to be part of the Beijing-backed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) comes against the backdrop of America s accelerated troop.