Pakistan being left alone to perform an impossible task: Dr Moeed
He said that Pakistan could not afford another civil war in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – National Security Adviser (NSA) Dr Moeed Yusuf said on Friday that Pakistan is being left alone to perform an impossible task, while the United States must come forward to make the inter-Afghan talks a success.
In an interview with US TV channel on Friday, he said that Pakistan could not afford another civil war in Afghanistan, adding that Afghanistan s territory is once again being used against Pakistan.
Dr Moeed said that the Prime Minister of Pakistan has repeatedly said that the US should first hold talks and then withdraw troops. He said that Imran Khan is the only leader who has been pushing for a political solution to Afghan conflict for 15 years.
He said that the northern and western provinces of Afghanistan were first taken over by the Taliban and now 70 percent of Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban.
To a question, the adviser said that the Afghan government had refused to install a biometric system on the border, adding that thousands of Afghans come to Pakistan every day, how would they identify if there are terrorists are an ordinary citizen.
Earlier, the NSA gave a clear response to the accusations, leveled by a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) news anchor questioning the country’s role in Afghan peace process and allegations raised by the Awami National Party Leader Affrasiab Khattak blaming Pakistani government for chaos in Afghanistan.
Yusuf said Afghan leadership lacked sincere intention to contain the use of its soil against Pakistan damaging peace and security of the region.
He refused to respond to Khattak’s accusations flagged by the BBC anchor and emphasised that Pakistan only stood for peace and that’s why had fenced its entire border with Afghanistan and called the Afghan government to place a biometric system for controlled mobility between the two countries which the latter refused.
He said it was the Afghan government who not only opposed border fencing initiative and also Pakistan’s proposal for proper visa regime.
“If you are to level an allegation then it should be logical one as the regions falling to Taliban were on the other side of Afghanistan, how Pakistan can assist that debacle,” he maintained.
The NSA said, “If there was anybody Pakistan wanted to cross to the other side then was that Pakistan or Afghanistan who would have to be eager to ensure fencing along the Pak-Afghan international border.”
He noted that there were serious questions on the intentions of the other side (Afghan so-called political leadership) that needed to be looked into a clear review of the situation.
“We can continue this conversation, however, we have seen Twitter hashtags blaming Pakistan and asking to sanction the country and accusing calling it responsible for chaos in Afghanistan,” he underlined.
