He made the speech in parliament amid the ongoing Taliban-led bloody insurgency and in the wake of the deadly attack in Kabul on April 19, in which 64 people were killed and 347 others injured, some critically.
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Pakistan has assured neighboring Afghanistan that peace talks with the Taliban “will resume in a month” to find a peaceful end to the Afghan conflict.
Emphasizing on Islamabad’s commitments to take military actions against the militant groups pursuing violence in accordance with the QCG agreements, President Ghani warned that Afghanistan will approach the UN Security Council and other global organizations to lodge complaint if necessary actions are not taken.
“We want Pakistan to honour its commitment and take military action against the Afghan Taliban”.
Ghani described the enemies of Afghanistan as “alien hireling groups like Daesh, al Qaeda, murderous groups of Haqqani and some Taliban who enjoy shedding their countrymen’s blood and continue the war and terrorism”.
“Pakistan had promised to aid peace talks but we no longer expect Islamabad to bring Afghan Taliban to the negotiating table”, Ghani said while addressing a joint session of the Afghan parliament.
“His risky and ambitious diplomatic outreach to Pakistan has failed to yield results”.
The moves sparked fervent criticism from opposition politicians and many Afghans who blame Pakistan for turning a blind eye or directly supporting militant groups in Afghanistan.
The minister said that after taking serious steps by Afghans government, Pakistan would review the extension of repatriation date for six month in next meeting of the Cabinet.
“I think words matter and we continue to encourage them to have their actions match those words”, Trudeau said responding to Afghan allegations that Pakistanis helped the Haqqani network in this Kabul attack. He also told lawmakers that he would nominate a new defense minister and intelligence chief within days.
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The concerns prompted Obama administration to grant more authorities to the US forces in Afghanistan to increase airstrikes against the terror group with reports suggesting the US Air Force has dropped more than 250 bombs and missiles in January and February targeting ISIS loyalists.
