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Afghanistan Recalls Envoy In Row Over Pakistani PM’s ‘Irresponsible’ Remarks

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Ashraf Ghani (left) and Imran Khan (right)

Ashraf Ghani (left) and Imran Khan (right)

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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5 thoughts on “Afghanistan Recalls Envoy In Row Over Pakistani PM’s ‘Irresponsible’ Remarks”

  1. *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 !

  2. *BOTH MEN MUST RESIGN
    FROM THE TWO TROPHY
    JOBD- ALL, FOR
    THE GOOD AND REDOECT
    OF
    THE TWO
    COUNTRIES !
    *

  4. *Somebody else must be payingc lots
    more
    for
    their luxurious and pompous
    lifestyle and livelihoods.
    *

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