By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan
March 26, 2019
Afghanistan has recalled its ambassador from Pakistan over statements made by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to the media that suggested Kabul should set up an interim government.
Khan told Pakistani journalists on March 25 that forming an interim Afghan government would help peace talks between the United States and Taliban officials since the militant group refuses to speak to the current government.
“The Afghan government was a hurdle in [the] peace process that was insisting that Taliban should talk to it,” Khan was quoted as saying by the Express Tribune newspaper.
Afghanistan also summoned Pakistan’s deputy ambassador to discuss the “irresponsible” remarks by Khan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Sibghatullah Ahmadi said in a series of tweets on March 26.
The Afghan government considers Khan’s statements “an obvious example of Pakistan’s interventional policy and disrespect to the national sovereignty and determination of the people of Afghanistan,” Ahmadi said.
U.S. and Taliban officials have held talks to end the 17-year war, but the militants regard the Afghan government led by President Ashraf Ghani as a U.S. puppet.
Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. envoy negotiating with the Taliban, is heading back to the region for a new round of talks, the State Department said on March 26.
Khalilzad will head to Afghanistan as well as Pakistan during the trip, which began on March 25 and is scheduled to run through April 10.
With reporting by Reuters and AP
Copyright (c) 2019. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 400, Washington DC 20036.
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*HE IS RIGHT ON !
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BY THE SAME TOKEN; THE
“GOOFY” GOVERNMENT
AND
THE ENSLAVED NATIONAL ARMY
OF
PAKISTAN
MUST BE ABOLISHED AND REPLACED
WITH THE REAL REPRESENTATION
OF
THE PEOPLE OF *PAKISTAN !
*BOTH MEN MUST RESIGN
FROM THE TWO TROPHY
JOBD- ALL, FOR
THE GOOD AND REDOECT
OF
THE TWO
COUNTRIES !
*
The two greedy
“BAFOONS”
will never listen
to
my
sincere
advice though.
*
*Somebody else must be payingc lots
more
for
their luxurious and pompous
lifestyle and livelihoods.
*
Even though, I admit, thst they labored
extremely hard to get where
they are residing now.