US seeks Pakistan’s assistance to move assent in Afghanistan, attach� tells COAS
US Ambassador David Hale meets army arch General Qamar Bajwa during a GHQ in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. PHOTO: ISPR
A day after Donald Trump indicted Pakistan of ‘harbouring terrorists’, US envoy David Hale sought on Wednesday Islamabad’s assistance to solve a predicament in war-torn Afghanistan.
According to a Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Hale called on Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa during GHQ in Rawalpindi to brief him on a new US process on Afghanistan and South Asia.
“The envoy pronounced that a US valued Pakistan’s purpose in a fight opposite apprehension and is seeking team-work from Pakistan to solve a Afghan issue,” a military’s media wing pronounced in a statement.
US Amb met COAS. “We are not looking for any element or financial asst from USA though trust, bargain ack of a contributions” COAS. pic.twitter.com/gCac10KCHv
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) August 23, 2017
Unveiling a US’ new Afghanistan and South Asia strategy, Trump questioned Pakistan’s purpose in traffic with certain belligerent outfits, quite a Afghan Taliban and a dependent group, a Haqqani network.
The dispute that began in Oct 2001 as a hunt for a 9/11 enemy has incited into a pained bid to keep Afghanistan’s divided and corruption-hindered democracy alive amid a heartless Taliban insurgency.
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Gen Qamar pronounced Pakistan had finished a lot towards a finish of terrorism, and shall continue doping that “not to damp anyone though in line with a inhabitant seductiveness and inhabitant policy”.
“We are not looking for any element or financial assistance from USA though trust, bargain and confirmation of a contributions,” a army arch was quoted as saying.
The COAS pronounced partnership and synergy of bid between all stakeholders was a pivotal to move a prolonged drawn fight in Afghanistan to a judicious conclusion.
Article source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1489237/us-seeks-pakistans-help-bring-peace-afghanistan-envoy-tells-coas/