Pakistan

Pakistan supports peace in Afghanistan: Khar

Foreign minister meets Afghan counterpart in New York, says stable Afghanistan is in favour of the entire region.

Express September 25, 2011

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said that Pakistan supports peace in Afghanistan and it is working closely with the Afghan government and the international community for the return of peace and stability in the region. She was speaking to her Afghan counterpart in New York on Sunday, reported Express 24/7.

She added that Pakistan fully supports President Hamid Karzai’s initiative for an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned reconciliation process.

Khar also said that a stable Afghanistan is in the favour of the entire region.

On Saturday, the foreign minister also warned the United States against sending ground troops in North Waziristan to fight the Haqqani network.

She said that there are red lines and rules of engagement with America, which should not be broken.

The foreign minister went to New York city to attend the United Nation General Assembly session when Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani cancelled his visit because of floods which have hit southern Pakistan.

COMMENTS (3)

Javed Kalhoro | 13 years ago | Reply

One must understand that peace and stablity in Afghanistan is not only in favour of Pakistan or this particular region but whole world. We fought for a decade in different parts of this region but yet nothing important or impresive result has come up. The soviet invasion in Afghanistan is the example where russian troops along with heavy machinery fought against these groups but finally had to leave throughing an excuse from Afghanistan. How ever the time is changed, faces are changed but still the cause is same. Pakistan also has realized that these so called Jihadis can never ever be defeated. An other great example to understand the whole scenario is that: these groups are getting expanded day by day. at the time of 9/11, only 600 (around) so called terrorist were on hit list but now the number is raised to thousands of people, one need to understand that why is that so far? There is no doubt that cleaning surface of Afghanistan was not only agenda of US but there were few other reasons to launch its forces here, but finally one thing has realized internationaly that promoting peace process and having talks with these groups is the only solution to secure onself and once again Pakistan posses the same importance to perform role a veriable between US/Afghanistan and these groups which are known as Taliban or Haqqani Network etc.

hassan | 13 years ago | Reply I think the headline should read like this; "Pakistan supports peace in Afghanistan: Khar - LOLZ"

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Organization of Pure Profit | 13 years ago | Reply Hina Rabbani Khar, Afghanistan is our peaceful brother in disarray. We want to help them but their leadership is ineffective and dependent on an anorexic foreign economy. So what should we as Pakistani's do? We should pay taxes and support our government and it's national security functions so that we are less dependent on very salty made in U.S.A. peanuts. Our economy is our security, our entrepreneurs are our life blood, our labour is our engine, our rights are pinned on economic and life security. We must act, and become problem solvers. We have to establish an economic unit called Af-Pak Mining and Minerals Company, so that our engineers from UET and NUST can go to a peaceful Afghanistan to set up optimized processes that excavate rich minerals that will support Pakistan and Afghanistan Economy, our futures are linked, our present is linked. Managers from LUMS will sit on the Board-of-Directors of Af-Pak Mining and Minerals Company. This is not wishful thinking this is what it is going to be. So all our senior Military and Political Beings please take strides in this direction, your policy will bear outcomes important for a future Incorporation of Af-Pak Mining and Minerals Company.

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