...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
The assurance was extended by the country’s highest political and military offices against the backdrop of breakdown in the US contacts with the Taliban, which were being facilitated by Pakistain, due to the bully boy group’s persistent refusal to engage with the Afghan government.
Prime Minister Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight...
, in a telephonic conversation with Afghanistan's Caped President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .., reassured the latter that Pakistain was making "sincere efforts" for a politically negotiated settlement of the Afghan war.