ISLAMABAD: The one sturdy answer for peace in Afghanistan is withdrawal of US troops and formation of a non-aligned, unbiased and sovereign authorities by Afghans in gentle of their beliefs and traditions with out exterior interference, Afghan politician and Hizb-i-Islami chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar stated on Wednesday. In any other case, he warned, the nation would plunge into one other civil warfare.
The Afghan chief was talking to overseas coverage analysts, practitioners and journalists at an unique discuss organised by the Institute of Coverage Research (IPS) on the finish of his three-day official go to to Pakistan, says a handout.
Mr Hekmatyar stated that Afghans had invested about $20 billion in different international locations, together with Turkey and the Gulf states, in the course of the warfare and advised the Pakistan authorities to facilitate Afghan traders and businessmen to allow them to deliver their funding to Pakistan.
The amenities important on this regard, he stated, included permission to open financial institution accounts, purchase property on the idea of Afghan passports and issuance of long-term visas like these offered by sure European international locations.
Islamabad urged to facilitate Afghan funding in Pakistan
The Afghan chief, who additionally met high management of Pakistan throughout his three-day keep right here, stated that he had held talks with Pakistani officers on this regard and stated he was hopeful that his suggestion can be applied.
Mr Hekmatyar, who twice served as Afghan prime minister within the 1990s, stated justice demanded that those that had sacrificed for Afghanistan for therefore a few years ought to have the precise to rule their nation.
All Afghan teams and events ought to have the precise to enter into negotiations with one another at a impartial venue. The agenda must be withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and the formation of an unbiased and sovereign authorities.
Different nationwide points such because the structure and the kind of authorities must be left for a later dialogue after restoration of peace, the Afghan chief stated, including that these points have been for Afghans to determine and exterior forces had no proper to determine these issues.
He stated the US had been defeated with out reaching any targets and it should now withdraw from Afghanistan.
“It will be a mistake if the US now adopts a policy other than leaving Afghanistan,” Mr Hekmatyar stated.
He expressed the hope that Individuals wouldn’t repeat the error of the Soviets who had established their puppet authorities in Kabul earlier than leaving Afghanistan. He warned completely different international locations in opposition to combating their wars and settling their scores on Afghan soil.
“Afghanistan should not be used by the US against Russia, by India against Pakistan and by Iran against Saudi Arabia,” he stated.
He stated the continuation of warfare in Afghanistan was not within the curiosity of anybody, together with India. The explanation for India’s assist of the present Afghan authorities might be Kashmir, he stated, including that India should not struggle its Kashmir warfare on the soil of Afghanistan.
The Afghan chief stated that his occasion had supported the US-Taliban settlement, though it had some reservations concerning the course of and it wished to be a part of the talks. He stated {that a} majority of political events weren’t supporting the Afghan authorities’s stand on the peace course of and the present authorities in Kabul was not able to enter into negotiations with all political events.
Mr Hekmatyar stated that talks would begin quickly between Hizb-i-Islami and Taliban with the goal to make peace sturdy and lasting.
He stated that Pakistan helped the US in Afghanistan, however the Individuals nonetheless most popular India over it as large powers had their very own agendas and so they did issues protecting in thoughts their very own pursuits.
His impression was that Pakistan was eager for an Afghan-owned peace course of in Afghanistan, including that Pakistani officers had assured him that every one mutual issues can be resolved steadily by means of understanding.
Later, Mr Hekmatyar attended a reception given in his honour by Jamaat-i-Islami chief Senator Sirajul Haq.
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