Alwaght- The Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani says his government has taken necessary steps to reach to a peace deal with Pakistan.
Speaking to local residents and elders of southern Zabul province, President Ghani rejected on Sunday the perceptions that Afghanistan wants destruction of Pakistan.
He said this is neither the notion of the Afghan government and nation nor will Afghanistan allow anyone to do bad with the country.
President Ghani also added that such perceptions that the government’s strategies regarding peace efforts are not clear, are also baseless.
This comes as President Ghani has long been insisting on peace with Pakistan first approach.
In his message on the first day of Eid Al-Adha early September, President Ghani said the Afghan government is fully prepared for the peace talks and negotiations with Pakistan for peace is on the agenda of the government.
He was apparently gesturing towards his previous remarks where he insisted that peace talks with Pakistan is important and should come first before holding talks with the anti-government armed militant groups.
Pakistan and Afghanistan regularly accuse each other of sheltering their enemy insurgents. Both sides, however, deny such an allegation.
In early June, President Ghani accused Pakistan of instigating an “undeclared war of aggression” against his country.
Kabul blames elements in the Pakistani spy agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), for supporting the Taliban militants. Islamabad blames the Afghan government for giving refuge to militants on its side of the border. The two sides also accuse one another of not doing enough to stop militants engaging in cross-border attacks.
