ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister of Afghanistan and Head of the Hezb-e-Islami party Gulbuddin Hekmatyar will arrive in Pakistan on Monday.
According to details, Hezb-e-Islami chief and former Afghan Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar will arrive in Pakistan on Monday for a three-day visit, Pakistan’s special envoy to Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq wrote in a statement on the social networking site Twitter.
Mohammad Sadiq further said that during his visit to Pakistan, the head of Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan will meet Federal Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, President Arif Ali, Prime Minister Imran Khan, Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani and Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser.
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— Mohammad Sadiq (@AmbassadorSadiq) October 17, 2020
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar would address think tanks and meet senior journalists during his visit, he added.
Earlier this month, Gulbudin said the US had realized that its presence in Afghanistan had resulted in nothing but financial and human losses.
“They [Americans] want a deal with the Taliban – implemented soon and without delay – and the Kabul government has also been told that the agreement will be implemented even if they oppose it,” he said.
Hekmatyar claimed the Afghan government was looking to delay the peace process until November’s US presidential election.
On the role of other regional countries, he said India, due to its rivalry with Pakistan, was dissatisfied with the peace push and had started supporting local militias to act as spoilers.
“China and Pakistan have a common and coordinated position on Afghanistan, not only do they support the peace process, rather they see it as beneficial to their regional interests, especially if it leads to a reduction in India’s presence in Afghanistan,” he said.
