Afghanistan Peace CampaignThe Islamic Emirate’s ambassador in Islamabad, emphasized the Emirate’s balanced and economy-focused foreign policy.
The Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad held an online discussion reviewing four years of the Islamic Emirate’s rule in Afghanistan.
Speaking at the event, Sardar Ahmad Shakib, the Islamic Emirate’s ambassador in Islamabad, emphasized the Emirate’s balanced and economy-focused foreign policy.
Sardar Ahmad Shakib said: ” In foreign relations, the Islamic Emirate continues to pursue a balanced policy with an emphasis on economic-oriented diplomacy. Afghanistan today is neither dependent on one bloc nor in conflict with another one, but rather seeks relations with all countries on the basis of mutual respect and shared interests.”
Meanwhile, Mansoor Ahmad Khan, Pakistan’s former ambassador to Kabul, stated that tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan still persist and must be resolved.
He said: “Pakistan-Afghanistan relationship has, you know, continued to show an interesting pattern. There has been a state-to-state friction that has existed for last five, six decades between Pakistan and Afghanistan, whether it was 1980s, state-to-state friction was there, whether it was 1990s, whether it was 2001 to 2021 US and NATO presence. And even after Taliban assuming the reins of the state.”
Political analyst Najib Rahman Shamal also said: “The Pakistani government should reconsider its approach toward Afghanistan, taking into account Afghanistan’s circumstances and the Islamic Emirate’s past four years of rule, in order to ensure peace in the region.”
One of the main issues straining relations has been Islamabad’s repeated claims about Afghan soil being used against Pakistan, an issue that, over the past four years, has frequently led to verbal disputes and even armed clashes between the two sides.