Won't allow anyone to use Afghan soil against Pakistan even if talks with TTP fails: Zabihullah
Pakistan
Won’t allow anyone to use Afghan soil against Pakistan even if talks with TTP fails
KABUL (Dunya News) – Afghanistan’s interim Deputy Information Minister Zabihullah Mujahid said on Saturday that our role is to mediate for talks between the government of Pakistan and the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) but if the talks fail, we will not allow anyone to use Afghan territory against Pakistan.
In a statement issued on Saturday, he said that expects "bright chances" for the fragile talks to succeed and confirmed that the Pakistani government and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have reached an agreement on an "indefinite" cease-fire during ongoing peace talks in Kabul.
"The Islamic Emirates is playing a mediatory role in the ongoing talks between the two sides. Our greatest desire and effort is to bring about long-term peace and reconciliation between the two sides," Mujahid, who also serves as the interim Taliban administration’s spokesman, stated.
Wars and violence, he said, not only bring human, social, and economic losses but also invite "foreign intervention." "I believe the two sides have noticed it," adding: "It is in the "best interest of both sides to move forward sincerely to achieve the peace goal."
In response to another question on what would happen if talks fail this time as well, Mujahid reassured that the Taliban will not allow "anyone" to use Afghanistan’s soil against Pakistan.
