Afghanistan asks Pakistan to act against militants after talks

[Azog]

Afghanistan asks Pakistan to act against militants after talks - The Express Tribune

Afghanistan asked Pakistan to act against Afghan Taliban militants operating on its territory during weekend talks in Kabul, while Pakistan said the South Asian neighbours needed to build trust, officials said after the meetings.

The Afghan Taliban, ousted from power by a US-led coalition in 2001, has been gaining territory in its insurgency against the government led by President Ashraf Ghani. Afghanistan and Pakistan have long accused each other of sheltering Taliban fighters and other militants who conduct attacks inside their territory, charges both deny.

“We reiterate our position and state facts, asking Pakistan to take action against terrorist groups inside its territory that declare war against our people,” a spokesperson for the Afghan president’s office said in statement on Sunday.

Read: Pakistan says agrees with Afghanistan to stop blame game over attacks

Pakistan said after the meetings that both countries should work together to restore trust, and that an agreement had been reached to end a blame game over a spate of attacks.

“We will work on establishing a memorandum of trust building to avoid such a situation in the future,” Sartaj Aziz, foreign affairs adviser to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on state television on Saturday about his meeting with Ghani.

Aziz visited the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday for a regional economic conference and also held meetings with the president, foreign minister and national security adviser.

Read: Pakistan reaffirms support for Afghanistan’s development

Ghani made closer ties with Pakistan a priority when he took office last year, hoping Islamabad could push Afghan Taliban leaders to the negotiating table to end Afghanistan’s long war.

Progress appeared to have been made in July after both governments said a peace process with the militants had restarted.

This was not confirmed by the insurgents however, and early meetings came to a halt after the Taliban’s leader Mullah Omar was revealed to have died.

Read: Sartaj Aziz to share ‘compelling’ data with Afghanistan

News of his death was followed by a wave of deadly attacks in Kabul that killed over 50 people and wounded hundreds more, prompting the Afghan president to lash out at Pakistan demanding it act against militants sheltering on its territory.

Aziz said the talks had produced an agreement to avoid any further breakdown in relations between the countries.

“The main thing that we both agreed upon was to restore trust, end the blame game against each other,” he said.

 

[shaheenmissile]

Afghanistan needs a big Middle finger from Pakistan.
Mulla Radio is still in their territory and so are many TTP terrorists operating from Afghanistan and they have the cheek to tell us what to do?

 

[!eon]

Yes Boss, we are at your service.

 

[Pakistanisage]

After all those Tantrums and rolling on the Floor, Afghan Government appears to be coming to its senses. We will use our good offices with Afghan Taliban to bring them back to the negotiating Table but there should be no extension of Afghan citizens return to their own country so that they can be part of rebuilding Afghanistan.

 

[A.M.]

Looks like the American way of talking has washed off on the Afghanis after all these years, there is nothing more annoying that this "do more" BS.

Pakistan has 30,000 soldiers taking part in Zarb-e-Azab alone, which doesn't include the FC activities in Baluchistan and the rangers in Punjab and Sindh. Pakistan is doing more than enough.

Let's look across the border, Afghanistan supplies over 90% of the world's opium, the raw ingredient of heroin. It is internationally accepted that the revenue from such trade fuels the Taliban's activities in the country. TTP leadership resides in Afghanistan and Taliban continue to take control of more territory each day. (See Musa Qala)

Maybe Ghani should fix his problems first before pointing fingers elsewhere.

 

[Muhammad Omar]

To BC Afghanis Zarb e Azb India kr rha hai kya C***** Saale

 

[Menace2Society]

Pakistan controls 99% of its territory.

Afghan govt controls lets say 25% if that.

Afghanistan needs to do more. These useless idiots can't control their border areas or their people. The militants are Afghans who entered Pakistan illegally for refuge. Its not Pakistans fault, its bloody Afghanistans fault for letting them escape in the first place.

Stupid Pakistan soft diplomacy isnt able to project ground realities.

 

[09ee97]

We wont because those are good talibans. They dont mean us harm so, no point killing them but we do expect afghans to take out those who dont mean them harm