Malik urges govt to call grand moot on Afghan peace

ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister and Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Abdul Rehman Malik has urged the government to call a grand moot in Pakistan on Afghan peace, inviting representatives of the Afghan government, Taliban, and all other factions to set up an agreed interim government.

“Afghanistan has now landed in the worst situation because of the non-compromising attitude by both, the Taliban and the government, whereas the US also did not play a decisive role to install an interim government before the withdrawal to avoid the possibility of bloodshed and civil war,” he said.

Malik said although Afghanistan was not involved in the 9/11 attack, the US still attacked it and Pakistan was forced to associate with this resultless war on terror which costed heavily. He said that in the war on terror, Pakistan sacrificed the lives of more than 70,000 troops and civilians with huge devastation to its economy and basic infrastructure.

He said Afghanistan is going into the hands of Taliban and it is surprising that even they could capture provinces easily where they did not have a stronghold.