Peshawar:Former Afghan Prime Minister and Chief of its own faction of Hezb-e-Islami Engineer Gulbudin Hekmatyar has said that Pakistan cannot play any role in stabilising Afghanistan and restoring peace in the war-torn country.
In an written interview to a Pakistani newspaper Express Tribune, the insurgent leader said that Afghan people and mujahideen have lost faith in Pakistan due to its “impulsive” actions.
“In its quest for US favours, Pakistan has alienated the Afghan people and mujahideen”, he was quoted by the newspaper as saying.
According to the newspaper the fugitive leader harshly criticized Pakistan for its role in the US-led war against terrorism and said it ignored even its own interests to please the US.
He said that Pakistan’s controversial policies had alienated its own people and Tehreek-e-Taliban led insurgency was a proof of it.
Hekmatyar said that Afghanistan had become the hub of anti-Pakistan forces backed by India, Russia and Iran.”
He also blamed Pakistan for the “massacre of 130,000 innocent Afghans”.
He dispelled the notion that that Pakistan was fuelling the insurgency in Afghanistan.
al Qaeda has become such a strong organisation that it cannot be weakened despite the demise of its chief Osama bin Laden,” the Tribune Quoted the veteran warlord as saying.
He asserted that al Qaeda had shifted its base from Afghanistan to Iraq, Libya and Somalia where Aiyman al Zawahiri was successfully leading the organization..
Replying a query about the Afghan peace process, the Hezb-e-Islami chief admitted that his group has had several meetings with Afghan and American officials. “We conveyed them our preconditions (for talks) and proposals for durable peace in Afghanistan,” he added. “If the US is willing, we can offer them an honourable exit from Afghanistan.”
“Lasting peace is possible only if foreign forces end the occupation of Afghanistan and withdraw their troops.” he said.
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