"We wish that (the) US leaves Afghanistan as friend of the region, not as a failure," Pakistain army front man Major-General Asif Ghafoor said during a news conference in the garrison city of Rawalpindi Thursday.
He also said Islamabad supports Washington's outreach to the Taliban
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which want US troops out of Afghanistan.
Asked what Pakistain could do to help the United States negotiate a political settlement with the Taliban, Ghafoor said, "As much as we can, we will facilitate."
"What the US is expecting from us, and the foreign office is cooperating with, is that somehow they could have these negotiations with them (Taliban)," he added.
The comments came just after US special representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad concluded a visit to the Pak capital.
Prime Minister Imran Khan
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, who enjoys the support of The Mighty Pak Army which dominates foreign policy, met Khalilzad earlier in the week and pledged to support a grinding of the peace processor with the Taliban.