Pakistan urges US to resume aid, backs Taliban outreach

[Men in Green]

Source -

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/3...-pledges-to-support-negotiations-with-taliban

Pakistan pledged Wednesday to support negotiations with the Taliban to end Afghanistan’s 17-year war as it asked the United States to restore military aid and stop blaming Islamabad for the extremists’ strengths.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi visited Washington to explain the Afghanistan strategy of new Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has long advocated talks over military action with the Taliban.

A month after Washington cut $300 million in military aid, Qureshi said he found Secretary of State Mike Pompeo "ready to listen" to Pakistan and said he was returning to Islamabad "slightly more hopeful" than before.

See full article in link above

any other source ?

 

[SirHatesALot]

any other source ?

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1818648/1-pakistan-urges-us-resume-aid/

 

[Jackdaws]

Plz point out where Foreign minister in the article asked for resuming aid?

Dont expect a logical answer from these chutia's. Bagir para they like to post articles.

any other source ?

Pakistan pledged on Wednesday to support negotiations with the Taliban to end Afghanistan’s 17-year war as it asked the United States to restore military aid and stop blaming Islamabad for the extremists’ strengths.
That's the first line here - http://gulftoday.ae/portal/a4de544b-bd33-49f5-a720-30fd0f06dbb4.aspx

More masturbation from disturbed Gangadeshis.

Induranis were earlier saying they don't need aid. Now why ask?

 

[IceCold]

Pakistan pledged on Wednesday to support negotiations with the Taliban to end Afghanistan’s 17-year war as it asked the United States to restore military aid and stop blaming Islamabad for the extremists’ strengths.
That's the first line here - http://gulftoday.ae/portal/a4de544b-bd33-49f5-a720-30fd0f06dbb4.aspx

Pakistan has always pledge to support negotiations, rest is Bull crap and you are wasting time and forum bandwidth.

This is the whole article:
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi visited Washington to explain the Afghanistan strategy of new Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has long advocated talks over military action with the Taliban and other insurgents.

A month after Washington cut $300 million in military aid, Qureshi said he found Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “ready to listen” to Pakistan and said he was returning to Islamabad “slightly more hopeful” than before.

Qureshi has said that Pakistan’s efforts for bringing back peace in Afghanistan should not be overlooked and it will be unfair to ignore its sacrifices in the war against terrorism.

While speaking at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, according to a report, he said Pakistan is willing to bring Taliban to the dialogue table as peace in Afghanistan is linked with peace in Pakistan.

“We can’t be peaceful if there is no peace in Afghanistan. But, we’ll have to have that collective approach to resolve the issue. It’s a shared responsibility and there are now more players involved,” said the foreign minister, adding that Pakistan’s influence on Taliban has diminished but the country will leave no stone unturned for the resumption of peace talks.

Commenting on Pakistan-US ties, he said his meetings with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton went well. “The meetings were useful, and forward looking. I am leaving the US with hope.”

Qureshi reiterated that engagement between Pakistan and the US had always been mutually beneficial and a factor for stability in South Asia.

He said bilateral ties have been cyclical, and had highs and lows, adding that the last few years were indeed ‘difficult’. “But, I am here to rebuild ties. History tells us that we’ve benefitted by standing with each other,” he remarked.

The foreign minister noted that Pakistan-US ties are dependent on situation in Afghanistan. “The road to Washington goes from Kabul and that’s why I chose Kabul as my first destination after becoming the foreign minister,” he added.

Defending Pak role

Qureshi said Pakistan “cannot and should not be held responsible for the failures in Afghanistan” as he pointed to disunity in the Kabul government as well as corruption.

“I have seen or read a lot of criticism and think it’s unfair not to recognise the contributions Pakistan has made to the successes that you’ve had in Afghanistan — and you’ve had successes despite the challenges,” he said.

Calling for renewed cooperation with the United States, Qureshi said: “Cutting off training, not giving precision equipment that could have been used against terrorism — I don’t know to what extent that will help.”


Read the highlight part and get it through your thick skull that Pakistan isnt asking for US aid, its looking for renewed cooperation. That includes the cobra's Pakistan paid for but not delivered.

 

[maximuswarrior]

Qureshi needs to stop begging on the behest of the Pakistani military. The military aid isn't coming and neither should we want it. Have some shame.

Pakistan has always pledge to support negotiations, rest is Bull crap and you are wasting time and forum bandwidth.

This is the whole article:
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi visited Washington to explain the Afghanistan strategy of new Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has long advocated talks over military action with the Taliban and other insurgents.

A month after Washington cut $300 million in military aid, Qureshi said he found Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “ready to listen” to Pakistan and said he was returning to Islamabad “slightly more hopeful” than before.

Qureshi has said that Pakistan’s efforts for bringing back peace in Afghanistan should not be overlooked and it will be unfair to ignore its sacrifices in the war against terrorism.

While speaking at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, according to a report, he said Pakistan is willing to bring Taliban to the dialogue table as peace in Afghanistan is linked with peace in Pakistan.

“We can’t be peaceful if there is no peace in Afghanistan. But, we’ll have to have that collective approach to resolve the issue. It’s a shared responsibility and there are now more players involved,” said the foreign minister, adding that Pakistan’s influence on Taliban has diminished but the country will leave no stone unturned for the resumption of peace talks.

Commenting on Pakistan-US ties, he said his meetings with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton went well. “The meetings were useful, and forward looking. I am leaving the US with hope.”

Qureshi reiterated that engagement between Pakistan and the US had always been mutually beneficial and a factor for stability in South Asia.

He said bilateral ties have been cyclical, and had highs and lows, adding that the last few years were indeed ‘difficult’. “But, I am here to rebuild ties. History tells us that we’ve benefitted by standing with each other,” he remarked.

The foreign minister noted that Pakistan-US ties are dependent on situation in Afghanistan. “The road to Washington goes from Kabul and that’s why I chose Kabul as my first destination after becoming the foreign minister,” he added.

Defending Pak role

Qureshi said Pakistan “cannot and should not be held responsible for the failures in Afghanistan” as he pointed to disunity in the Kabul government as well as corruption.

“I have seen or read a lot of criticism and think it’s unfair not to recognise the contributions Pakistan has made to the successes that you’ve had in Afghanistan — and you’ve had successes despite the challenges,” he said.

Calling for renewed cooperation with the United States, Qureshi said: “Cutting off training, not giving precision equipment that could have been used against terrorism — I don’t know to what extent that will help.”


Read the highlight part and get it through your thick skull that Pakistan isnt asking for US aid, its looking for renewed cooperation. That includes the cobra's Pakistan paid for but not delivered.

Qureshi is obviously asking for continuation of US military aid. This request can only come from one place and one place only. This is bad. In fact it is terrible and shameful. We need to call a spade a spade here.

 

[IceCold]

Qureshi needs to stop begging on the behest of the Pakistani military. The military aid isn't coming and neither should we want it. Have some shame.



Qureshi is obviously asking for continuation of US military aid. This request can only come from one place and one place only. This is bad. In fact it is terrible and shameful. We need to call a spade a spade here.

The aid word is only being used the media and we all know why and the Gangadeshis are jumping on it. He is the FM and its his task to further cooperation between the 2 sides. Nothing wrong in it. He is not asking for money or freebies. Please dont fall for Indian nonsense.

 

[maximuswarrior]

The aid word is only being used the media and we all know why and the Gangadeshis are jumping on it. He is the FM and its his task to further cooperation between the 2 sides. Nothing wrong in it. He is not asking for money or freebies. Please dont fall for Indian nonsense.

Qureshi is asking for US military equipment. The US provides this under their military aid program.

We need to stop this nonsense. There is no future between the US and Pakistan. The US is fully in bed with India. We all know it.

 

[IceCold]

Qureshi is asking for US military equipment. The US provides this under their military aid program.

We need to stop this nonsense. There is no future between the US and Pakistan. The US is fully in bed with India. We all know it.

Yet we cannot just tell US to F off for a lot of reasons.

 

[YeBeWarned]

just an article, no official confirmation ..

 

[Jackdaws]

Pakistan has always pledge to support negotiations, rest is Bull crap and you are wasting time and forum bandwidth.

This is the whole article:
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi visited Washington to explain the Afghanistan strategy of new Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has long advocated talks over military action with the Taliban and other insurgents.

A month after Washington cut $300 million in military aid, Qureshi said he found Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “ready to listen” to Pakistan and said he was returning to Islamabad “slightly more hopeful” than before.

Qureshi has said that Pakistan’s efforts for bringing back peace in Afghanistan should not be overlooked and it will be unfair to ignore its sacrifices in the war against terrorism.

While speaking at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, according to a report, he said Pakistan is willing to bring Taliban to the dialogue table as peace in Afghanistan is linked with peace in Pakistan.

“We can’t be peaceful if there is no peace in Afghanistan. But, we’ll have to have that collective approach to resolve the issue. It’s a shared responsibility and there are now more players involved,” said the foreign minister, adding that Pakistan’s influence on Taliban has diminished but the country will leave no stone unturned for the resumption of peace talks.

Commenting on Pakistan-US ties, he said his meetings with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton went well. “The meetings were useful, and forward looking. I am leaving the US with hope.”

Qureshi reiterated that engagement between Pakistan and the US had always been mutually beneficial and a factor for stability in South Asia.

He said bilateral ties have been cyclical, and had highs and lows, adding that the last few years were indeed ‘difficult’. “But, I am here to rebuild ties. History tells us that we’ve benefitted by standing with each other,” he remarked.

The foreign minister noted that Pakistan-US ties are dependent on situation in Afghanistan. “The road to Washington goes from Kabul and that’s why I chose Kabul as my first destination after becoming the foreign minister,” he added.

Defending Pak role

Qureshi said Pakistan “cannot and should not be held responsible for the failures in Afghanistan” as he pointed to disunity in the Kabul government as well as corruption.

“I have seen or read a lot of criticism and think it’s unfair not to recognise the contributions Pakistan has made to the successes that you’ve had in Afghanistan — and you’ve had successes despite the challenges,” he said.

Calling for renewed cooperation with the United States, Qureshi said: “Cutting off training, not giving precision equipment that could have been used against terrorism — I don’t know to what extent that will help.”


Read the highlight part and get it through your thick skull that Pakistan isnt asking for US aid, its looking for renewed cooperation. That includes the cobra's Pakistan paid for but not delivered.

What's the headline of that article?

 

[Umair Nawaz]

another thing we can do is, condition Russia along with Hard guarantees abt the pipeline its building from Fars field iran to Pakistan and India, essentially IPI.......If it wants these pipelines to go to india from our territory then it must ensure that Pakistan's reservations of selling lethal weapons to india like Yakhnook P800, S400 or Akula 2 subs etc etc in future will be considered, so much so that we can veto any such systems delivery or purchase.
Along with hard guarantees that these lethal Russian weaponry like the s400s or future s500s will be sold to Pakistan as i heard that india has taken guarantees from Russia not to sell s400 to pakistan ever inorder to taking the ''risk'' of buying these systems for themselves!

 

[SirHatesALot]

another thing we can do is, condition Russia along with Hard guarantees abt the pipeline its building from Fars field iran to Pakistan and India, essentially IPI.......If it wants these pipelines to go to india from our territory then it must ensure that Pakistan's reservations of selling lethal weapons to india like Yakhnook P800, S400 or Akula 2 subs etc etc in future will be considered, so much so that we can veto any such systems delivery or purchase.
Along with hard guarantees that these lethal Russian weaponry like the s400s or future s500s will be sold to Pakistan as i heard that india has taken guarantees from Russia not to sell s400 to pakistan ever inorder to taking the ''risk'' of buying these systems for themselves!

We simply wont be part of such pipeline lol

 

[ranawat]

We simply wont be part of such pipeline lol

We can cooperate if meddling in Kashmir stops

 

[IceCold]

What's the headline of that article?

Media can interpret as it likes and so can you the FM of Pakistan is not responsible for it. The whole article is there and there no mention of FM asking the Americans to restore aid. Go figure!

 

[koolio]

So this is total sum of highly successful US tour of new Pakistan foreign minister .

Keep it up more masturbation from super Gangadeshi's need to focus on providing more toilets for the poor. Lol