Afghanistan cancels Peace Talk agreements with Pakistan

Afghanistan has scrapped all peace talks related agreements with neighbour Pakistan and has ordered the security forces of Afghanistan to mobilise for an aggressive attack on the Taliban.

The decision came after Afghan officials met with Pakistan foreign minister on Monday morning in Kabul. The move also comes in the wake of the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, appointed Amarullah Saleh as the new Interior Minister

On December 6, the former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai had urged the United States to not deal with Pakistan in initiating an inclusive peace process in the war-wrecked country. 

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Former President Karzai said that in order to accelerate the peace process in Afghanistan, it is very important to take the neighbouring countries, especially Russia and China into confidence. He also added that the participation of the Afghan people is a primary concern here. "No angle of the peace process should be hidden from the people. Otherwise, Afghanistan would be devastated," the former President warned.

On December 8, India deplored Pakistan at the United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) for destabalising Afghanistan and continuing to provide sanctuaries to terror organisations within the country. 

"Offensives are planned and launched by those who are harboured in safe havens in the neighbourhood of Afghanistan. These sanctuaries have, for years, provided safety for the dark agendas of ideologically and operationally-fused terror networks like the Taliban, Haqqani network, Daesh, Al- Qaeda and its prescribed affiliates such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed," said Indian Diplomat Eenam Gambhir delivering India's statement in UNGA.  

Dwelling on Pakistan- Afghanistan relationship, Afghanistan's permanent representative to UN Ambassador Mahmoud Saikal said, "No country can benefit more from a peaceful and stable Afghanistan, than Pakistan itself."  

Kabul and Islamabad signed the Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity between Afghanistan and Pakistan ( APAPPS) in April this year. The mechanism is aimed for improved cooperation to address outstanding concerns with respect to combating terrorism, and clear measures to advance peace efforts. 

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(with inputs from PTI)