Pakistan holds the key to peace in post-US Afghanistan

[tvsram1992]

thats true, you know what i mean
No offense.

 

[satishkumarcsc]

Simple question...what can Pakistan give Afghanistan? Cash, technology, trade, mineral resources. education or political leverage? I dont see Pakistan giving anything worthwhile to Afghanistan except for providing a transit route. So this is something to ponder about. Afghanistan have been living in medieval age for a long time and want to step into the modern age...and they will want to have partnership with countries that can provide them with a launch-pad for modernizing their country.

 

[53fd]

pakistan has no footing in afganistan's economy , culture , politics , policies..
pakistan is a suppoert of small-small armed groups at afgan-pakistan boarder areas which are considered now as just a troble maker in afganistan ...
where to replace pakistn in afganistan...?

What do you know about Afghanistan's economy?

Afghanistan is an 'opium economy', their biggest export is opium, they supply opium to Pakistan, Iran & Russia, & ruin these countries as well. Without opium, Afghanistan has no economy.

Afghanistan's Economy Is Booming Again Thanks To Opium - Business Insider

They import the second highest from Pakistan (not including the illegal smuggling figures from Chaman or Torkham) at 24%. Before the US WOT, 40% of all Afghanistan's imports came from Pakistan. Now the US has taken over, with 29% of all of Afghanistan's imports coming from the US. Only 7% of all of Afghanistan's imports come from India.

Culture: Pakistan has twice the number of the majority ethnicity of Afghanistan (Pashtuns) in Pakistan. Pakistan also has ethnic Tajiks. Pashto & Dari are both spoken in Pakistan. India has none of these things with Afghanistan.

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First of all does India want to replace Pakistan in Afghanistan? The country which is despised and seen as the root of all their problems by the common Afghani. Now, why would India want this title?

The Afghan people even blame Iran for the current turmoil in Afghanistan. They tend to blame everyone but themselves, & refuse to take responsibility, or matters into their own hands. 92% of Afghans did not know 9/11 happened, but they let the US come in, expecting them to do miracles. The Afghans need to stand up & make themselves counted, rather than expecting others to do things for them. Besides Pakistan, even Americans think the Afghans are extremely ungrateful people.

 

[Asian.Century]

Restoring peace in Afghanistan a shared responsibility: military

ISLAMABAD: Hitting back at the US allegations that Pakistan was not doing enough to tackle the Haqqani network, the military said on Sunday that Pakistan was not alone to blame and that restoring peace in Afghanistan was a shared responsibility.

“It is the responsibility of all sides and stakeholders to work towards peace in Afghanistan,” a security official told Dawn hours after the US side at a briefing said that National Security Adviser Susan Rice had during her Islamabad trip conveyed a list of steps that it required Pakistan to take to eliminate threat posed by the Haqqani network.

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The security official conceded that Ms Rice had in her meeting with Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif at the General Headquarters talked about the US concerns over the Haqqani network. “There was a frank, candid and intense discussion…. Both sides were open,” the official said, adding that while they raised the issue of Haqqani network, Pakistan too put forward its share of complaints.

Instead of the meeting getting bogged down in a blame game, the official clarified that the focus of the talks was on the way forward.

Indirectly blaming the Afghan government for its role in the suspension of peace talks with Taliban, the official said Ms Rice was reminded that the reconciliation process started in Murree on July 7 was now stuck.

The peace process was suspended a day before the second round of talks was to be held in Pakistan on July 31 because of the disclosure by Afghan intelligence about Taliban chief Mullah Omar’s death. During the development that followed Mullah Akhtar Mansour became the new chief and Haqqani leader Sirajuddin became one of his deputies.

The security official said the US needed to realise that when the strategic direction had been identified it was imperative to move forward on that.

He said Ms Rice had appreciated Pakistan Army’s counter-terrorism operations and acknowledged their impact. There was a consensus at the meeting on closer coordination for peace in Afghanistan, he added.

Published in Dawn, August 31st, 2015