Pakistani Officials Assert Ensuring Peace in Afghanistan

Pakistan military officials said in London that peace in Afghanistan was a shared interest and Islamabad will continue its positive role in bringing about enduring peace in Kabul. Pakistani media reported that Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa met top UK military leadership during his recent visit to the United Kingdom. Dawn reported that Bajwa said Pak-Afghan bilateral border security mechanism was critically important and both countries need to formulate this as a priority. “Gen Bajwa shared various border control and management measures which Pakistan has undertaken and urged the requirement of similar measures on the other side of the border to defeat the common enemy,” Dawn reported. Afghan government accuses Pakistan of supporting non-state actors, Taleban, and other terrorist groups across the border to create instability in Afghanistan.