Hizb-e-Wahdat Islami Afghan chairman meets Pakistan top civil-military leadership; lauds efforts for Afghan peace
Delegation led by Chairman Hizb-e-Wahadat Islami Afghanistan Mohammad Karim Khalili calls on COAS Gen Qamar at GHQ in Rawalpindi. SCREENGRAB/ISPR
ISLAMABAD:
Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa told a visiting Afghan delegation on Tuesday that it was in Pakistan’s national interest to have peace in the neighbouring country, as the second and most crucial phase of the peace process kicked off in Doha.
“Peace in Afghanistan means peace in Pakistan,” the army chief said during his meeting with Mohammad Karim Khalili, the head of Hizb-e-Wahadat Islami Afghanistan.
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Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed Pakistan s commitment to strengthen bilateral relationship with Afghanistan, including trade and economic ties and people-to-people linkages.
Talking to Leader of Hezb-e-Wahdat-e Islami, Afghanistan Ustad Karim Khalili in Islamabad, he underscored his longstanding position that there is no military solution to Afghan conflict and a negotiated political settlement is the only way forward.
The Prime Minister reiterated Pakistan s consistent support to the Afghan peace process, and underscored that the Intra-Afghan negotiations process must be pursued with perseverance and patience for an inclusive and broad-based solution.
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In this file photo, Pakistan s Ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmed Khan meets Afghan politician Mohammad Karim Khalili to extend a formal invitation to him to visit Pakistan. Photo courtesy Ambassador Mansoor Ahmad Khan Twitter
Afghan High Peace Council Chairman and leader of the Hizb-e-Wahdat-e-Islami (Afghan Unity Party), Mohammad Karim Khalili, along with a delegation, will arrive in Pakistan on Monday (today) for a three-day visit, the Foreign Office said in a statement.
During the visit, Khalili will call on Prime Minister Imran Khan and hold meetings with National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and other officials, the FO said.