Asif, who is attending the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, added: “Don’t blame us for Haqqanis or don’t blame us for the Hafiz Saeeds. These were the people who were your darlings just 20 to 30 years back. They were being dined and wined in the White House and now you say go to hell with Pakistanis because you are nurturing these people.”
Asif said Pakistan was ready to work with the US for effective management of the Afghan border to stop terrorist infiltration and to facilitate a peace settlement in Afghanistan.
He said there was no military solution to the dragging conflict in Afghanistan. “Scapegoating Pakistan for all the Afghan ills is neither fair nor accurate… This will only help forces that we are trying to fight collectively.”
Pakistan, he said, had done all it could to facilitate a political settlement in Afghanistan, making sure that Pakistani soil was not used against any country.
In the past, the US has accused Pakistan of not taking significant action against the Haqqani Network. Washington claims the militant outfit has been operating out of “Pakistan-based safe havens” to threaten US and Afghan forces in Afghanistan.
Pakistan, he said, had in the past done all it could to facilitate a political settlement in Afghanistan, making sure that Pakistani soil was not used against any country.
In his opening remarks, Khawaja Asif also covered Pakistan’s relations with India, the Kashmir dispute, counter-terrorism measures and the country’s economic progress.
Asif said Pakistan has a “larger stake” in seeing the return of peace and stability in Afghanistan than any other country, having suffered grievously from the conflict and instability across the border.
“We are mindful of the strong desire in the US to bring the ‘long war’ in Afghanistan to an end,” the minister said. “We support this objective wholeheartedly and are ready to help in any way we can to achieve peace and stability in Afghanistan,” he said.
He, however, made it clear that there were obviously clear limits to what Pakistan could do.
“We cannot take responsibility for Afghanistan’s peace and security and be asked to achieve what the combined strength of some of the most powerful and richest countries could not accomplish,” he told the audience.
“Effective border management, frankly, is the key,” the minister said, adding: “More needs to be done on the Afghan side of the border where terrorist elements are finding easy safe havens.”
“We are keen to work with the US in effectively managing the Afghan border and in facilitating a peace process to the extent we can.”
Monthly Archives: September 2017
How to Be Happy
Appreciate the good things in your life.
Be thankful for the time, you have with your loved ones.
Spend more time with your family and friends.
That is the real need of your life.
Defeat may test you; it need not stop you.
If at first you don’t succeed, try another way.
Don’t compare your life to others’.
You have no idea what their journey is all about.
Success ? ? ?
Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered,
and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
And everlasting success is the one which has been achieved to benefit all and hurt none, expecting no personal gain.
How far you go in life depends on:
Your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the struggling, tolerant with the weak and the strong because, some day you will have been all of these
The Way to Go
The greatest mistake is giving up.
Wishing will not bring success; but planning, persistence and burning desire will.
For every obstacle, there is a solution.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
So, persevere.
Anniversary of My Blog
My blog has today completed its 14 years.
In September, 2016, I published 7 posts which were viewed by 3,958 people while the visitors were 3,112
During last month, that is August, 2017, I published 9 posts which were viewed by 1,794 and visitors were 1,498
Below is the monthly view and visit chart
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