(MENAFN- Afghanistan Times) In connection with his assignments of going to help in a
negotiation resolution to long standing conflict in Afghanistan, the US Special
Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad will resume
talks with on June 29. So far venue of talks, seventh in the series couldn't
declared so far. Khalilzad announced the schedule at the time when a number of
leading leaders are in Islamabad in connection with Pakistan initiated Lahore
Process. After US and Russia, Lahore Process is third in the series aimed what
Pakistan claim, 'its firm commitments to a peaceful, stable, united, democratic
and prosperous Afghanistan.' Taliban the main and major stakeholders to the
conflict were missing in the Lahore Process. Awarding state guest like protocol
to Hekmatyar might be nothing else but 'writing on the wall' for Qatar based
Taliban leaders who without consent of Rawalpindi-Islamabad attended two
sessions of intra-Afghan dialogues at Moscow. At once, Hekmatyar was most
favorite of Rawalpindi-Islamabad but later on he was neglected after his
failure in getting occupation of Kabul soon after 'failure of UN peace plan in
April 1992.' Now only 'real policy makers' of Pakistan could be in a position
to say something about 'motives' of Lahore process.' But in simple words, it
means that Pakistan has made an attempt to get involvement in the conflict. Not
only politicians from different political parties but even Pakistan Premier
Imran Khan has realized that 'Pakistan's Afghan policy' is also a cause of its
deteriorating economic disorder, politico-administrative instability. But still
certain circles are insisting on continuation of successive military ruler's
policies with a view to have an influence on internal and external affairs of
Afghanistan. However, almost Afghans are attaching great hopes with Khalilzad
engineered peace plan and considering it suitable for the restoration of
motherland's sovereignty and solidarity. The past six rounds of the US-Taliban
talks have been held in the UAE and Qatar. According to Khalilzad, in the
sixth round of the talks, the two sides made slow but steady progress on four
issues under debate: counter-terrorism efforts, US forces withdrawal, a
ceasefire and intra-Afghan talks. Khalilzad said in a tweet on Saturday
that as per his visits to Afghanistan and Qatar, all sides — the Afghan
government, the Taliban, Afghan politicians and members of the public — want
"rapid progress". Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a number of high profile leaders
like former Balkh governor Atta Mohammad Noor, second deputy chief executive
Mohammad Mohaqeq, and presidential candidate Abdul Latif Pedram, High Peace
Council Chairman Mohammad Karim Khalili, presidential candidate Mohammad Haneef
Atmar, former vice president Mohammad Yunus Qanooni, former governor Ismail
Khan, and presidential candidate Ahmad Wali Massoud are in Pakistan for a
conference titled 'Lahore Process'. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood
Qureshi who addressed the inaugural ceremony of Afghan peace conference titled
'Lahore Process' at Bhurbhan in Murree, Pakistan, said Pakistan's unshakable
resolve to support peace, stability and long-term prosperity of Afghanistan.
Qureshi's claims are not different from the statements and assurances of
successive rulers of neighboring country who always encouraged and fueled
hostilities and crises in Afghanistan. Now Qureshi needs to confirm in practice
what he or Premier are saying in public regarding Afghanistan. Only through
proving in practice, Pakistan could help a lot in return of peace and stability
in Afghanistan.
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