Ghani expects no Pak role in Afghan peace

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday that the Afghan government and nation wanted peace with Pakistan, emphasising that Afghanistan was not expecting Pakistan to bring peace.

“The Afghan government is not asking Pakistan to bring peace in Afghanistan as the Afghan government wants reconciliation with the country,” he said apparently pointing towards his earlier remarks regarding an undeclared war being waged in Afghanistan.

Speaking to a gathering for the introduction of the new high peace council chief, President Ghani said that his country was facing an undeclared war as the Afghan officials accused Pakistan of supporting and providing sanctuaries to terrorist groups on its soil, the local Afghan media reported on Sunday.

Earlier, President Ghani said that for peace in Afghanistan, it was important that the Afghan government should reach a peace agreement with Pakistan first. He alleged last year that the Taliban insurgents would not last even for a month in case they did not receive support from the outside, pointing towards Pakistan.

The Afghan officials earlier said that the deadly explosion near the embassy of Germany in Kabul was plotted by the Haqqani network in Pakistan, although the leaders of the network and the Taliban had rejected their role in the devastating attack that killed over one hundred and fifty people.