Pakistan’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Dr Moeed Yusuf said it was unfortunate for Afghans that senior officials — acting as spoilers — were trying to “vitiate bilateral relations” between Pakistan and Afghanistan through “vitriolic and delusional statements” to avert “attention from their own failures”.
In a series of tweets, the NSA said that Afghanistan was being embarrassed by “idiotic statements” from its senior officials who were deliberately trying to spoil its bilateral relations with Pakistan.
“Afghanistan is being embarrassed daily due to these idiotic statements. Afghans should rest assured that everyone can see through the nefarious agenda of these spoilers.
“We will not let a handful of venomous minds affect Pakistan’s support to all Afghans for peace and stability,” said Yusuf.
He said Pakistan remained “committed” to facilitating an inclusive political settlement in Afghanistan.
“In this spirit, Prime Minister Imran Khan agreed to meet President [Ashraf] Ghani recently to continue our engagement.”
Last week, Prime Minister Imran Khan responding to President Ghani’s claims about Pakistan’s “negative role” in the Afghan peace process, said that it was “unfair” to blame the country for the situation in Afghanistan.
Recently, the Foreign Office refbuffed allegations by Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh that the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) had issued an official warning to Afghan security forces to repel any action by the latter to dislodge the Taliban from the border crossing of Spin Boldak.
Such allegations “undermine Pakistan’s sincere efforts to play its part in an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led solution” for restoring peace in Afghanistan, the FO had said in its response, stressing that “at this critical juncture, all energies are focused on achieving an inclusive, broad-based and comprehensive political settlement in Afghanistan”.