(MENAFN- Afghanistan Times) AT News Report
KABUL: Jihadi leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar for the
first time spoke about Pakistan's policy in Afghanistan, accusing Islamabad of
supporting Taliban.
Hekmatyar who leads the Hezb-e-Islami
party since jihad years, is told to have lived many years in Pakistan with
close ties to the country's army intelligence (ISI). He was not heard to have
spoken about Pakistan in the past.
'Pakistan is one of the states that has relations
with Afghanistan issues and has its own position against this country. Pakistan
supports Taliban and there is no doubt in this regard,' Hekmatyar said Monday.
He added that Afghan war was at the expense of
Pakistan instead of benefit particularly in its economy. Hekmatyar said that
Islamabad now wills that peace comes to Afghanistan.
Pakistan has denied accusations from Afghan
government and international community that it supports terrorist groups that
launch deadly attacks in Afghan soil.
The leader of Hezb-e-Islami party criticized
government and Taliban for announcing spring operations, saying such things
would put negative impacts on the peace process.
In response to a question that if he would attend
intra-Afghan dialogue set to be held in Qatar, Hekmatyar said: 'If the elders
sit together and discuss every issue and adopt a common position, nobody will
have the right of veto because it is not acceptable. Also nobody should
monopolize peace because peace is a national matter and everyone is required to
be involved in the negotiations honestly and without any conditions.'
The government for the first time is planning to
send a team to Doha to sit face to face with Taliban negotiators, while the
militants have said that government's representatives would attend the dialogue
as individuals and not as government delegation.
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