Afghan peace process: Pakistan fears breakdown of Doha initiative

[Devil Soul]

ISLAMABAD / PESHAWAR:
As the Doha peace process stumbled into early roadblocks this week, Pakistan expressed fears that the initiative might break down due to the ‘contradictory approach’ of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s administration. This comes as US President Barack Obama’s pointman for the region travelled to Islamabad on Tuesday in a desperate bid to break the deadlock in the fledgling peace process.

James Dobbins, US special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif amidst uncertainty about the fate of the recently-inaugurated Taliban ‘political office’ in the Qatari capital to find a negotiated settlement of the 12-year old conflict in Afghanistan.

Premier Nawaz was accompanied by his aide on national security and foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz and army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.

Dobbins briefed the prime minister about the developments relating to the opening of the Taliban office in Doha, according to an official statement.

Dobbins flew into Islamabad from Kabul where he attempted to address President Karzai’s concerns over the nature of the Doha office.

He acknowledged Pakistan’s key role in the Afghan reconciliation process. Although Pakistan does not have a ‘controlling influence’ over the Taliban, it has more influence on the ultraconservative militia than any other country.

Premier Nawaz told Ambassador Dobbins that Pakistan had the highest stakes in the return of peace and stability to Afghanistan. He assured him of Pakistan’s full commitment to an ‘Afghan-led and Afghan-owned’ peace process and highlighted various steps Islamabad has taken in this regard, said the statement.

The prime minister also pointed out that the situation in Afghanistan had reached a crucial phase and this called for Pakistan and the United States to remain closely engaged.

Following talks with the US envoy, Nawaz also telephoned President Karzai to assure him of Pakistan’s support in the Afghan peace process.

Ambassador Dobbins told reporters after the meeting that President Karzai was ready for talks but the onus was now on the Taliban. “The Afghan Taliban tried to stage a propaganda coup,” Dobbins said referring to the hoisting of the flag of the ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ atop the building where the Taliban set up their ‘political office’ in Doha last week.

The Karzai administration reacted angrily to the move and said that the Taliban were trying to portray themselves as a government-in-exile through the Qatar office. Karzai said the Afghan High Peace Council, the government-sponsored body set up to make peace with the Taliban, would not take part in the Doha initiative unless the process was ‘Afghan-led’.

However, in a background briefing, a senior official at Pakistan’s foreign ministry told a group of journalists that it was very difficult to conclude at this stage whether the Qatar process would achieve any success. “We want the process to be successful but given Karazi’s position the dialogue process may collapse,” cautioned the official.

He went on to say that it appeared that President Karzai neither wanted the Doha initiative nor next year’s Afghan presidential elections to succeed. The assessment of top Pakistani foreign policymaker appears to suggest the Doha process may not take off anytime soon.

TTP supports Doha talks
In a related development, the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the outlawed conglomerate of militant groups blamed for most violence in the country, welcomed the Doha initiative.

In a video message, the group’s spokesperson Ehsanullah Ahsan said on Tuesday that the TTP was a wing of the Afghan Taliban and “they are subordinate of Ameer-ul-Momineen Mullah Omar and obey his orders.”
Published in The Express Tribune, June 26th, 2013.

 

[hari sud]

It is doomed to fail. It is American way to declare victory and withdraw.

First and foremost it is Pakistanis who have kept the turmoil going in Afghanistan since 1978. They took American money and advice and extended the Cold War to Afghanistan. Then they created the Taliban to rule. The latter got over confident and almost killed everybody until Osma Bin Laden appeared on the scene. Then American bombed everybody remaining again the Pakistanis took the American money and stayed quite about it. Sensing American displeasure at coalition deaths, they began to support the Taliban and an other more vicious group - Haqqanni to salvage their own prestige.

Now when the Americans are withdrawing the Pakistanis wish to inflict another death dance like in 1988 in Afghanistan.

It is Pakistani hand every where in Afghanistan.

Burn this hand and send it to hell for inflicting so much pain in Afghanistan.

 

[RangerPK]

It is doomed to fail. It is American way to declare victory and withdraw.

First and foremost it is Pakistanis who have kept the turmoil going in Afghanistan since 1978. They took American money and advice and extended the Cold War to Afghanistan. Then they created the Taliban to rule. The latter got over confident and almost killed everybody until Osma Bin Laden appeared on the scene. Then American bombed everybody remaining again the Pakistanis took the American money and stayed quite about it. Sensing American displeasure at coalition deaths, they began to support the Taliban and an other more vicious group - Haqqanni to salvage their own prestige.

Now when the Americans are withdrawing the Pakistanis wish to inflict another death dance like in 1988 in Afghanistan.

It is Pakistani hand every where in Afghanistan.

Burn this hand and send it to hell for inflicting so much pain in Afghanistan.

Reported for posting anti Pakistan posts. Take your propaganda some where else.

 

[That Guy]

It is doomed to fail. It is American way to declare victory and withdraw.

First and foremost it is Pakistanis who have kept the turmoil going in Afghanistan since 1978. They took American money and advice and extended the Cold War to Afghanistan. Then they created the Taliban to rule. The latter got over confident and almost killed everybody until Osma Bin Laden appeared on the scene. Then American bombed everybody remaining again the Pakistanis took the American money and stayed quite about it. Sensing American displeasure at coalition deaths, they began to support the Taliban and an other more vicious group - Haqqanni to salvage their own prestige.

Now when the Americans are withdrawing the Pakistanis wish to inflict another death dance like in 1988 in Afghanistan.

It is Pakistani hand every where in Afghanistan.

Burn this hand and send it to hell for inflicting so much pain in Afghanistan.

If you honestly believe half of what you just said, then you really need to learn history and geopolitics.

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Reported for posting anti Pakistan posts. Take your propaganda some where else.

Don't report him, just point at him and laugh. Reporting him will just make him look like a victim.

 

[RangerPK]

If you honestly believe half of what you just said, then you really need to learn history and geopolitics.



Don't report him, just point at him and laugh. Reporting him will just make him look like a victim.

Doesn't matter what he looks like. He can look like a butt hurt tranny for what I care. As long as garbage is removed from this site.

 

[That Guy]

Doesn't matter what he looks like. He can look like a butt hurt tranny for what I care. As long as garbage is removed from this site.

Oh fine, be that way.

 

[FaujHistorian]

First and foremost it is Pakistanis who have kept the turmoil going in Afghanistan since 1978. ....

1978???


Talking like a true Commie sympathizer.

and that too with Indian flags.

What's new in the PDF land.

 

[notorious_eagle]

It is doomed to fail. It is American way to declare victory and withdraw.

First and foremost it is Pakistanis who have kept the turmoil going in Afghanistan since 1978. They took American money and advice and extended the Cold War to Afghanistan. Then they created the Taliban to rule. The latter got over confident and almost killed everybody until Osma Bin Laden appeared on the scene. Then American bombed everybody remaining again the Pakistanis took the American money and stayed quite about it. Sensing American displeasure at coalition deaths, they began to support the Taliban and an other more vicious group - Haqqanni to salvage their own prestige.

Now when the Americans are withdrawing the Pakistanis wish to inflict another death dance like in 1988 in Afghanistan.

It is Pakistani hand every where in Afghanistan.

Burn this hand and send it to hell for inflicting so much pain in Afghanistan.

You have a very distorted version of history Son. I could retort all points posted in your post, but i will ignore it since it has been repeated multiple times on PDF.

 

[Menace2Society]

It is doomed to fail. It is American way to declare victory and withdraw.

First and foremost it is Pakistanis who have kept the turmoil going in Afghanistan since 1978. They took American money and advice and extended the Cold War to Afghanistan. Then they created the Taliban to rule. The latter got over confident and almost killed everybody until Osma Bin Laden appeared on the scene. Then American bombed everybody remaining again the Pakistanis took the American money and stayed quite about it. Sensing American displeasure at coalition deaths, they began to support the Taliban and an other more vicious group - Haqqanni to salvage their own prestige.

Now when the Americans are withdrawing the Pakistanis wish to inflict another death dance like in 1988 in Afghanistan.

It is Pakistani hand every where in Afghanistan.

Burn this hand and send it to hell for inflicting so much pain in Afghanistan.

Something we do have in common with USA, our hate for communists. We helped to defeat one of the biggest evils of the 20th century.

When the Berlin wall fell, they sent a piece of the wall to General Gul with an etching on it saying, "to you who struck the first blow".

As usual India being on the wrong side of history yet again.