Afghan Peace Efforts Reopen Wounds Over Pakistan

[pakistani342]

article here, excerpts below:

KABUL, Afghanistan — On the surface, much of the Afghan public has lined up behind President Ashraf Ghani in his bid to bring the Taliban to peace talks.

After a year of Taliban gains in multiple battles, even an outside chance of opening a diplomatic channel strikes many officials as a crucial effort. And indications from Afghan officials that an initial meeting could happen within a week or two from now have heartened Mr. Ghani’s supporters.

But even as early skeptics of the president’s effort are publicly coming around, there is a deep current of distrust and concern among many Afghans over how he has tried to bring his plan to life: by intensively courting Pakistan’s military, which nurtured the Afghan insurgency in its early years, to pressure Taliban leaders to join talks.

 

[Magnet]

that is only one side of the story ............ you cant quote one person or few and think that the whole afghans thinks the same .. there are 25 lakh afghans in pakistan ... we have helped them more than any one else in the whole region

 

[hunter_hunted]

These guys need to come on one page if they want stable and invasion proof afghanistan from other nations

 

[Zarvan]

article here, excerpts below:

KABUL, Afghanistan — On the surface, much of the Afghan public has lined up behind President Ashraf Ghani in his bid to bring the Taliban to peace talks.

After a year of Taliban gains in multiple battles, even an outside chance of opening a diplomatic channel strikes many officials as a crucial effort. And indications from Afghan officials that an initial meeting could happen within a week or two from now have heartened Mr. Ghani’s supporters.

But even as early skeptics of the president’s effort are publicly coming around, there is a deep current of distrust and concern among many Afghans over how he has tried to bring his plan to life: by intensively courting Pakistan’s military, which nurtured the Afghan insurgency in its early years, to pressure Taliban leaders to join talks.

Afghanistan can do nothing without Pakistan help and Afghan Taliban either will talk and accept Afghan Government that can be only achievement of Afghan Government other wise Afghan Taliban will take everything

 

[Sinnerman108]

Courting Pak Military is not that bad;

considering it was the same military which help put an end to the USSR.

Articles and sentiments like above should be equated with Karzai, whose approach was to court Indian military establishment.

What I see is that Ashraf Ghani is a serious man, who wants to see things done.
He has made good choices, and Insha'Allah he will be successful.