Mansoor says Taliban asking Pakistan to show patience in talks with TTP
\nISLAMABAD
\nPakistan\u2019s former ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan has said that the peace talks with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have not achieved the results and therefore, the negotiation process has to be restructured to define the end objectives.
\nIn a special interview given to Voice of America in Islamabad, Mansoor Ahmed Khan has discussed several important issues including the recent negotiations with TTP and the role of Afghan Taliban
\nHe said that before resuming the negotiation process with the TTP, it is important to see how the banned organization will recognize Pakistan\u2019s system, state and law. According to him, Pakistan\u2019s first priority is to find a solution through dialogue and if a political solution does not come out, then there is a way for a military solution.
\nHe says peace talks and violence cannot go hand in hand. Pakistan\u2019s former ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan has said that the Afghan Taliban want Pakistan to be patient on the issue of TTP, because according to the Taliban government, they will not allow their territory to be used against any other country.
\nHe said that at this time, Pakistan expects from the Afghan Taliban to take serious action against TTP and elements using afghan soil against Pakistan woild be crushed. According to him, the issue of the outlawed group is not so simple for the Afghan Taliban because TTP has pledged allegiance to the Afghan Taliban leader, so for them it is a political as well as an ideological issue.
\nMansoor Ahmed Khan has been Pakistan\u2019s ambassador to Afghanistan when the Taliban take over Kabul after the withdrawal of the US and NATO forces last year. Later, Pakistan started the process of negotiations with the TTP leadership through the mediation of the Afghan Taliban, while Mansoor Ahmad Khan was serving as the Pakistani ambassador to Afghanistan
\nIn response to the question that no matter who is governing Kabul, there is distrust towards Pakistan, Mansoor Ahmed said that there is constant distrust between Pakistan and Afghanistan, from the public to the highest level.
\nHe said that the geography, history and culture of Pakistan and Afghanistan are similar and therefore Islamabad\u2019s actions are sometimes seen as interference. He said that due to this impression, Pakistan\u2019s good initiatives have also been taken in the context of intervention.
\nHe says that the rulers and people of Pakistan have to keep in mind that Afghanistan should be seen as a free and independent country. Mansoor Ahmed said that it is against Pakistan\u2019s policy that its territory is used against Afghanistan and that Pakistan\u2019s airspace was definitely not used in the US drone strike.
\nMansoor Ahmad said that the Afghan minister himself had said in his statement that due to the non-functioning of the radar system, it could not be determined from which direction the drone came flying.
\nIn response to the question whether the government of Afghanistan has made any formal complaint with Islamabad regarding the use of Pakistan\u2019s territory for US drones, Mansoor Ahmad Khan said that according to his knowledge, no complain has been made in this regard.
\nIt should be noted that Afghanistan\u2019s Defense Minister Maulvi Muhammad Yaqub Mujahid has alleged that American drones are entering Afghanistan through a neighboring country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mansoor says Taliban asking Pakistan to show patience in talks with TTP ISLAMABAD Pakistan\u2019s former ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan has said that the peace talks with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have not achieved the results and therefore, the negotiation process has to be restructured to define the end objectives. In a special […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[10771,10772],"class_list":{"0":"post-284868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-ambassador-m-afghanistan","9":"tag-mansoor-ahmad-khan"},"yoast_head":"\n