ISLAMABAD: A three-day conference on peace in Afghanistan, which was to be hosted by Pakistan from Saturday, has been postponed until Eid al-Adha, officials said on Friday due to rising violence in the war-torn country and barbs in between. said in the midst of business. Kabul and Islamabad over alleged support to Taliban militants.
The conference was originally scheduled from 17 to 19 July in Islamabad and was attended by a number of high-ranking Afghan leaders. Taliban leaders were not invited.
“The Afghan Peace Conference to be held in Islamabad from 17-19 July 2021 has been postponed until after Eid al-Adha. The new dates for the said conference will be announced later,” Pakistan Foreign Office said in a brief statement. This year Eid al-Adha will be celebrated on 21st July.
The cancellation was announced as the Foreign Office rejected comments made by Afghanistan’s Vice President Amarullah Saleh in another statement that pakistan air force The Taliban was providing air support to militants in the border areas of Chaman and Spin Boldak.
Fierce fighting has been going on for the past few days between the Afghan army and the Taliban in the Spin Boldak town of Kandahar. Taliban militants have captured dozens of districts in recent weeks and are now believed to have captured nearly a third of the country, before the full withdrawal of American and Western troops from Afghanistan by September 11.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, speaking at a conference in the Uzbekistan capital Tashkent on Friday, attacked the Pakistan government, saying Islamabad was inciting violence in Afghanistan.
Ghani said more than 10,000 jihadist fighters had come to his country from Pakistan last month. In addition, Ghani said Taliban militants are being treated in Pakistani hospitals after clashes with Afghan troops.
Earlier on Thursday, Afghanistan’s Vice President Saleh tweeted: “Pakistan Air Force has issued (a) official warning to the Afghan Army and Air Force that any move to remove the Taliban from the Spin Boldak area will be rejected by the Pakistan Air Force. Will be confronted and driven out. Pak Air Force is now providing close air support to Taliban in some areas. (sic)
Pakistan’s Foreign Office has categorically denied the allegations. “We are committed to peace in Afghanistan and will continue efforts in this direction, despite adversaries,” the FO said on Friday.
The conference was originally scheduled from 17 to 19 July in Islamabad and was attended by a number of high-ranking Afghan leaders. Taliban leaders were not invited.
“The Afghan Peace Conference to be held in Islamabad from 17-19 July 2021 has been postponed until after Eid al-Adha. The new dates for the said conference will be announced later,” Pakistan Foreign Office said in a brief statement. This year Eid al-Adha will be celebrated on 21st July.
The cancellation was announced as the Foreign Office rejected comments made by Afghanistan’s Vice President Amarullah Saleh in another statement that pakistan air force The Taliban was providing air support to militants in the border areas of Chaman and Spin Boldak.
Fierce fighting has been going on for the past few days between the Afghan army and the Taliban in the Spin Boldak town of Kandahar. Taliban militants have captured dozens of districts in recent weeks and are now believed to have captured nearly a third of the country, before the full withdrawal of American and Western troops from Afghanistan by September 11.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, speaking at a conference in the Uzbekistan capital Tashkent on Friday, attacked the Pakistan government, saying Islamabad was inciting violence in Afghanistan.
Ghani said more than 10,000 jihadist fighters had come to his country from Pakistan last month. In addition, Ghani said Taliban militants are being treated in Pakistani hospitals after clashes with Afghan troops.
Earlier on Thursday, Afghanistan’s Vice President Saleh tweeted: “Pakistan Air Force has issued (a) official warning to the Afghan Army and Air Force that any move to remove the Taliban from the Spin Boldak area will be rejected by the Pakistan Air Force. Will be confronted and driven out. Pak Air Force is now providing close air support to Taliban in some areas. (sic)
Pakistan’s Foreign Office has categorically denied the allegations. “We are committed to peace in Afghanistan and will continue efforts in this direction, despite adversaries,” the FO said on Friday.
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