TEHRAN: Iran has offered to mediate between Pakistan and Afghanistan after the collapse of recent peace talks in Istanbul, Turkiye.
As per details, the development came during Iranian President Dr. Massoud Pezzekian and Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsen Naqvi meeting where both sides emphasized unity and dialogue among Muslim nations.
The Iranian media reported that Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met with President Pezzekian in Tehran to discuss strengthening bilateral relations and addressing security challenges in the region.
The Iranian President mentioned the importance of unity and brotherhood among Muslim countries against common enemies. “We attach great importance to relations with Pakistan,” President Pezzekian said, while reiterating Iran’s commitment to promoting peace and cooperation in South Asia.
It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan’s information minister said talks with the Afghan Taliban in Istanbul have ended without “credible assurances,” claiming four days of dialogue, preceded by an initial round in Doha, failed to secure commitments to curb cross-border attacks in Pakistan.
In a statement shared on X, the minister said Islamabad entered the meetings at the request of Qatar and Türkiye with a single point agenda.
Action by the Taliban authorities to prevent Afghan soil from being used as a “training cum logistic base and jump off point” for attacks by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), groups Pakistan and international organisations designates as terrorist outfits.
Moreover he said both these banned outfits “Fitna al Khwarij (TTP)” and “Fitna al Hindustan (BLA)” receive illegal Indian support to spread the menace of terrorism inside Pakistan.
According to the minister, Pakistan presented “sufficient and irrefutable” evidence that was acknowledged by the Afghan delegation and the hosts, yet Kabul “gave no assurances,” instead “deviating from the core issue” and resorting to “blame game, deflection and ruses.”
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