Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L), Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari (C) and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad join hands after a news conference in Islamabad February 17, 2012. Photo ReutersAfghan Peace Talks In Jeopardy As Pakistan Fails To Bring The Taliban On Board -- The Telegraph
Afghan requests for Pakistan to bring senior Taliban officials to the negotiating table have been rejected as impossible during two days of talks in Islamabad, according to officials from each side.
President Hamid Karzai left Pakistan on Friday after meetings with his Iranian and Pakistani counterparts that apparently ended without a much hoped for breakthrough in the Afghan peace process.
He said it was time for Pakistan to match words with action.
"What we need now is to formulate a policy that's actionable and implementable and actually act upon it," he told reporters at the end of the regional summit, hinting at behind-the-scenes frustration.
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My Comment: Pakistan makes the demand that they should be included in any future peace process .... but when told to contribute they respond by saying it is 'impossible'. Sighhhh .... Pakistan has zero interest to help this peace process. For them .... they see U.S. forces leaving Afghanistan in the next few years, and with no back-up they are now betting that the Afghan government will fall soon after that.
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