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| Outlooks on Pakistan Delegation Bleak, Calls for Leveraging International Community Continue |
| 2015-08-16 |
| [Tolo News] The recent deterioration of ties between the Afghan National Unity Government and its counterpart in Islamabad has prompted commentators to urge Afghan officials to turn to the international community for help, with all highly skeptical of Pakistain's willingness to cooperate in putting an end to the Taliban insurgency. The National Unity Government over the past year has attempted forge closer ties with Islamabad in hopes of getting the Pak's to end their covert support for the Taliban and push the bully boy group to the negotiating Table. Despite early signs of hope this summer, following the death of Taliban leader Mullah Omar ... a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality in a country already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality... , and a subsequent wave of Taliban attacks inside Afghanistan, the tenuous grounds of cooperation between the two countries deteriorated and mistrust is now said to be at an all-time high. Many Afghan analysts have said the recent trip of top Afghan security and diplomatic officials to Pakistain will not yield any positive outcomes. Instead, they argue the Afghan government should seek to gain leverage over Pakistain through the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... and the U.S., who they believe could help force Pakistain to cooperate. "Unfortunately, until now, Afghanistan has not considered an extended, defined and correct diplomacy strategy," international affairs expert Hadi Miran told TOLOnews on Saturday. "Although major efforts have been in place regarding the matter, Afghanistan still has international options, and by using these options, Afghanistan has the potential to force Pakistain to accept its demands," he added. According to former minister of interior Mujtaba Patang, there is a spectrum of options available to the Afghan government when it comes to how to approach the intransigence of Pakistain. "Among the options Afghanistan have, one of them is to keep open the negotiation window, with conditions including executive assurances, and this should be signed off on by the international community" he said, referring to peace talks with Taliban leaders. "The second option is that the international community could swiftly impose political sanctions on Pakistain to mount international pressure." |
| Posted by:Fred |