The United States appreciated Pakistan efforts to resolve the Afghan conflict especially bringing the insurgent Taliban forces to negotiating table in order to bring lasting peace to the country.
A spokesperson of US embassy in Afghanistan on Sunday said that Pakistan played a key role in Afghan peace process and to bring an end to Afghan conflict and we are thankful to Pakistan’s cooperation in this regard.
Earlier, Afghanistan foreign ministry spokesman Sibghat Ahmadi in a statement in Kabul said Pakistan’s cooperation in the peace process in Afghanistan is crucial.
In reaction to a statement by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on facilitating talks between US and Taliban officials, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Sunday said the meeting would mark Islamabad’s first practical step towards the peace process in Afghanistan if it happens on December 17.
MoFA spokesman Sibghat Ahmadi said Pakistan’s cooperation in the peace process in Afghanistan is crucial.
“The United States has also increased its pressure. So far, we have achieved some results, but we hope that these results are achieved in larger scale,” said Ahmadi.
But, one member of the High Peace Council (HPC) said Taliban officials from Quetta shura will not attend the meeting, but Taliban’s representatives from Qatar office will talk to the Americans in the meeting.
“Taliban representative from Qatar will attend these talks,” said HPC deputy chief Assadullah Zaeeri.
“Talks between Taliban and Khalilzad must take place in Qatar. If these talks are held in other country including Pakistan, I don’t think that a positive result from the talks is achieved, because this will further complicate the peace process,” said political affairs analyst Nazar Mohammad Mutmaen.
Afghan and US officials have often called on Pakistan to convince the Taliban to attend the peace table.
