JI welcomes US- Taliban talks

Lahore: While welcoming the US_ Taliban talks, Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan,  Syed Munawar Hasan has stressed upon the Pakistan leadership to stop military operations and come to the negotiation table as war could not solve any issue.

In a statement here on Thursday, he said that after a devastating war spread over twelve years, Washington had realized the need for dialogue with the Taliban. He said that Islamabad should also begin dialogue with the Taliban without wasting any more time. It is time to make it clear to the US that Pakistan had suffered heavily due to the US war and could not continue that any more nor could tolerate the bloodletting of its  citizens. Washington did not have any moral ground to stop Islamabad from talks with the Taliban, he added.

Syed Munawar Hasan further said it was essential for the US to pull out its troop from Afghanistan at the earliest and agree to the total pull out to ensure the success of the talks. The US has to hold talks with Afghanistan’s real power and the actual warring party, he added.

The JI Ameer said that Afghan President Karzai’s demand to be a party of the talks  was genuine, however, the actual parties of the dialogue were the US and the Taliban. He said that since Karzai’s was merely a US tool, he should not sabotage the talks. Karzai’s non serious attitude could obstruct the withdrawal of the US and NATO troops which would be harmful both for Afghanistan and this country, he said.

Syed Munawar Hasan said that the problems of this country- economic deprivation, terrorism, price hike and lawlessness were because of the US interference in our affairs. As long as the Pakistani authorities served the US agenda, the country’s independence, sovereignty and solidarity would remain in danger.