Pakistan rejects Afghan gov’t claim over Taliban power sharing plan

Pakistan Tuesday rejected as completely baseless the comments and “ideas” attributed to it by Afghan officials relating to alleged “power-sharing formula” with the Taliban or attempting to “bring fiefdoms to Afghanistan”.

Afghan Deputy Foreign Irshad Ahmadi said in Kabul on Monday that Pakistan has suggested Afghan government to share power with the Taliban as part of the end game.

Ahmadi had claimed that Pakistan’s security adviser Sartaj Aziz had floated the proposal in his meeting with Afghan ambassador, Umer Daudzai in Islamabad on Friday.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai had also said in Kabul at the weekend that he has also heard some rumours from Pakistan for handing over some parts to the Taliban.

Pakistan angrily rejected the Afghan government’s claim.

“This is a fabrication as no such notions have been expressed by any Pakistani official,” the Pakistan Foreign Ministry said.

“This is not our policy to encourage any fissiparous tendencies. In fact, Pakistan has always supported a peaceful, stable and united Afghanistan,” the Foreign Ministry spokesman said in a statement.

He said Pakistan is playing a constructive and positive role to facilitate an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned reconciliation process.

He said in his telephone conversations with President Karzai since taking office last month, Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to support the efforts for peace and stability in Afghanistan and the region.

“The negative statements from Afghan leadership and officials tend to vitiate the atmosphere and constrain development of close and cooperative ties between the two countries,” the spokesman said.

The spokesman said Pakistan hopes that Afghanistan will reciprocate our constructive efforts, refrain from attributing misleading ideas to us, and work together for sustainable peace and stability that is so vitally important for progress and prosperity of the two countries and the region.

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