Oh my ... the Afghans are demanding a visa-free regime between Afghanistan and Pakistan -- I guess this will another asymmetric deal where the Afghans will get the visa part and Pakistanis the free part. And, with Main sab at the helm, who knows they may even get it.
I guess Pakistanis are eternal optimists!
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In the two-day Pakistan-Afghanistan Bilateral Conference 2013 that started here on December 13, 2013 in Islamabad, parliamentarians, intelligentsia and journalists of both the countries attended.
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A large number of delegates from Afghanistan took Pakistan responsible for the 35-year-long war in Afghanistan and also mentioned that Pakistan had fallen in the ditch it dug for Afghanistan and former Soviet Russia (USSR). Participants also demanded a visa-free regime between the two countries.
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Dr. Abdul Ghaffor of Regional Studies of Afghanistan, stated that the Afghan people seek the security from Pakistan, from its neighbors, and the wrong policies of neighbors caused death and destruction in Afghanistan during the last 30 years.
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Abdul Hameed Mubariz, former Secretary of Wolesi Jirga, talked about the social integration of Pakistan and Afghanistan instead of just friends. He gave anthropological perspectives of Pak-Afghan relations and said that both were joined like one whole and cannot be separated.