UK Military Chief: No Reason for Taliban’s Jihad in Afghanistan
General Sir Nicholas Carter, Chief of General Staff of the United Kingdom, has said that the Taliban has no justification for their Jihad in Afghanistan now that foreign forces are leaving the country.
In an interview with TOLOnews, General Carter said that the Taliban are now fighting against the Afghan people, and they should avoid the war.
Meanwhile, the Afghan Presidential Palace has said that President Ashraf Ghani in a joint meeting with Gen. Carter and the Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Qamar Jawed Bajwa discussed bilateral relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Afghan peace process and ways to end the violence in the country.
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KABUL (Pajhwok): UK Chief of the Defence Staff
Sir Nick Carter has reaffirmed the UK’s continued commitment to work with both Afghanistan and Pakistan as partners in the fight against terrorism in the region, a statement said on Tuesday.
“General Sir Nick Carter and Tom Drew, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Director General for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan, travelled to Afghanistan at the invitation of President Ghani. As part of the visit, they participated in a bilateral meeting with Pakistani Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, which included discussions on the Afghan peace process.
UK Military Chief: No Reason for Taliban’s Jihad in Afghanistan
General Sir Nicholas Carter, Chief of General Staff of the United Kingdom, has said that the Taliban has no justification for their Jihad in Afghanistan now that foreign forces are leaving the country.
In an interview with TOLOnews, General Carter said that the Taliban are now fighting against the Afghan people, and they should avoid the war.
Meanwhile, the Afghan Presidential Palace has said that President Ashraf Ghani in a joint meeting with Gen. Carter and the Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Qamar Jawed Bajwa discussed bilateral relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Afghan peace process and ways to end the violence in the country.
10 May 2021 - 20:37
KABUL (Pajhwok): President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Monday termed regional countries particularly Pakistan’s role in Afghan peace process and its influence on the Taliban is crucial.
The president said this during a meeting with Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa who called on him at Presidential Palace, according to a tweet from presidency.
Chief of the Defence Staff UK General Sir Nicholas Patrick Carter also accompanied Gen. Bajwa during the visit and in the meeting.
President Ghani noted that both Afghanistan and Pakistan have no other option but to engage in mutual respect and cordial economic cooperation.