'Taliban Won't Talk As Long As Ashraf Ghani Is President': Imran Khan

Thursday, 12 August 2021Newsdesk

Amid large-scale fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the terror group would not talk to the Afghanistan government until Asharaf Ghani remains the country's president.

New Delhi, 12 August 2021

As per news report of NDTV, Talking to foreign journalists in Islamabad, Imran Khan said a political settlement was looking difficult under current conditions. "I tried to persuade the Taliban... three to four months back when they came here," Pakistan's The News International quoted Imran Khan as saying. "The condition is that as long as Ashraf Ghani is there, we (Taliban) are not going to talk to the Afghan government," Mr Khan added. Afghan government has been criticising Islamabad for raising instability in the region as Kabul believes that Pakistan assists the Taliban in escalating violence in Afghanistan. ecently, Afghan people started a social media campaign against Pakistan, blaming them for the deteriorating situation of the country.

Source -NDTV