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| India-Pakistan |
| Murree, round two |
| 2015-07-30 |
| [DAWN] ALL eyes are once again fixed on Pakistain, the centre of gravity for insurgencies in several parts of the region, as a peace broker in Afghanistan. As government and Afghan Taliban representatives convene for a second round of talks on Friday, some confidence-building measures (CBMs), including a possible ceasefire, are high on the agenda. In fact, the Afghan government had broached an immediate truce at Murree on July 7. The response from Taliban interlocutors, who had agreed to cease fire if Pakistain and China guaranteed the creation of a broad-based government in Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... , offered some cause for cautious optimism. Both Islamabad and Beijing are ready to go the extra mile if the parties involved green-light their role in a comprehensive settlement. The controllers of the process, while gingerly paving the way for progress towards ending the conflict, will obviously eschew dictating terms to the parties. |
| Posted by:Fred |