COAS Basic Qamar Javed Bajwa meets Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul. PHOTO: TWITTER/@TOLOnews
Chief of the Military Workers Basic Qamar Javed Bajwa made an unannounced go to to Kabul and met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday.
On its official Twitter account, the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul launched an image of Basic Bajwa and Ghani on the presidential palace.
Gen. Qamar Bajwa #COAS, held assembly with @ashrafghani at #Kabul as we speak 09 June,2020. @mfa_afghanistan @ForeignOfficePk pic.twitter.com/lgdFLmxmyx
— Pakistan in Kabul (@PakEmbKabul) June 9, 2020
The military chief was accompanied by Inter-Providers Intelligence (ISI) Director-Basic Lieutenant Basic Faiz Hameed and Pakistan’s particular envoy on Afghanistan Muhammad Sadiq.
Additional particulars are but to be offered however the go to by the COAS is being perceived in reference to the continuing efforts in search of an answer to america conflict in Afghanistan – a battle which has lasted almost 20 years.
That is the primary go to to Kabul by a high-ranking Pakistani official since Ghani’s second time period in workplace started. It comes forward of the upcoming intra-Afghan talks and solely two days after US President Donald Trump’s level man for Afghanistan held talks with Basic Bajwa to debate the subsequent steps for advancing the peace course of that has moved slowly for the reason that landmark deal signed between the US and Afghan Taliban on February 29.
The bilateral relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan is commonly marred by deep distrust, however Basic Bajwa’s go to as we speak implies a constructive growth between the neighbouring nations going ahead, in addition to progress within the peace course of.
Earlier, the US level particular person on the matter, Zalmay Khalilzad, met with military chief Basic Bajwa and DG ISI Lt-Gen Faiz Hameed and different senior safety personnel in Islamabad.
An official handout issued by the army’s media wing, Inter-Providers Public Relations (ISPR), acknowledged that through the assembly issues of “mutual interest, overall security situation including Afghan refugees issue and Afghan reconciliation process and Pak-Afghan border management” had been mentioned.
On Monday, Khalilzad had additionally met with a Taliban delegation in Qatar, which was highlighted as one other growth within the progress with sources claiming that the intra-Afghan talks are anticipated to happen by the tip of this month.
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the dialogue will probably occur just about however current developments recommend all events are working in direction of stabilising the battle.
Pakistan has performed a pivotal function in bringing the Taliban to the negotiating desk with the US and finally led to the deal between the US and the insurgents.
On February 29, the US signed a troop withdrawal take care of the Taliban in Doha, however its makes an attempt to usher the rebel group in direction of peace talks with the Afghan authorities had been mired in setbacks and violence surged in March and April.
