‘Afghan officials held secret talk with Mullah Baradar in Pakistan’

By Web Desk Aug 12th, 2012 ( 2 Comments )

Islamabad: Afghan officials have held secret talks with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s former second in command who is in detention in Pakistan since 2010, a report said.

Rangin Spanta, the national security adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and an architect of peace-building efforts, said an Afghan delegation had met Mullah Baradar in Pakistan two months ago.

“We have met Mullah Baradar,” Spanta told Reuters in Kabul. “Our delegation has spoken to him to know his view on peace talks.”

Baradar has been in detention since he was captured in the Pakistani city of Karachi in 2010.

Rehman Malik, Pakistan’s interior minister, also confirmed to Reuters that Pakistan had granted Afghan officials access to Baradar.

“They had access at the required and appropriate level,” Malik said.

“We are fully cooperating with Afghanistan and whatever they are asking for the peace process, for developing peace in Afghanistan. We are giving every kind of help.”

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Pakistan has always tried to
have a stable and peaceful Afghanistan and has had access to Afghan Taliban in
order to wield its influence for the future peace in Afghanistan. This could be
the reason that both the Taliban and Pakistani forces never attacked each
other. TTP, however, is a different story and is known to have links with
anti-Pakistan elements in India and Afghanistan. With the latest development
where Pakistan has played a critical role in bridging the gap between Afghan
government, Pakistan has achieved a moral high ground and vindicated its
long-standing position of not attacking the Taliban under the US pressure.
However, the peace in Afghanistan is still a far cry. Increased influence of
India in Afghanistan will be a catalyst in perpetuating the chaos because
despite their recent reported overtures to India, the Taliban will not accept
Indian influence in Afghanistan. Read more at: http://passivevoices.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/indian-influence-will-be-a-catalyst-for-increased-chaos-in-afghanistan/
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