Mutual consensus a must for Afghan peace: COAS
US Secretary of State Blinken calls COAS ahead of drawdown announcement
General Qamar visits corps headquarter Peshawar, given detailed update on security situation, border management including fencing, capacity enhancement of Frontier Corps (FC) and police. SCREENGRAB
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan on Wednesday called for a “mutual consensus” based decision among all stakeholders to the Afghan endgame after US President Joe Biden decided to extend the troop withdrawal deadline from May 1 to September 11.
Just ahead of the formal announcement of the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by the US president, Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa by telephone and discussed the Biden administration’s strategy.