PM Imran Khan warns against damaging role of spoilers in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday warned against the damaging role of spoilers in the Afghan peace process during his meeting with Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.

The Afghan leader had called on the Pakistani prime minister in Islamabad during his visit to the country.

Besides undermining peace and stability, the prime minister underlined that this could also undermine the peace dividend to be accrued in terms of progress and prosperity of the Afghan people.

PM Imran expressed best wishes for a successful outcome of the Afghan peace process. He reiterated his longstanding position that there was no military solution to the Afghan conflict and that an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process was the only way forward.

He noted that the intra-Afghan negotiations provided a historic opportunity to the Afghan leadership for establishing lasting peace.

Underlining the positive contribution made by Pakistan towards facilitating the Afghan peace process, the prime minister hoped that the Afghan parties would work to secure an inclusive, broad-based and comprehensive political settlement.