ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to chair a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) on Monday (tomorrow) to discuss matters of national security in the wake of the prevailing situation in Afghanistan.
According to details, the meeting will discuss the current situation in Afghanistan and the security situation in the region. The meeting will be attended by the services chiefs, intelligence officials and civilian leadership, said sources.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Taliban entered Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Sunday and said they expected to take power within days. Taliban fighters were reaching the capital “from all sides,” a senior Afghan interior ministry official told Reuters.
Meanwhile, President Ashraf Ghani has left Afghanistan for Tajikistan as Taliban closes in on Kabul, according to the country’s top peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah.
Ghani’s departure comes amid negotiations for a peaceful transfer of power after Taliban fighters encircled Kabul after capturing 26 of the country’s 34 provincial capitals in less than two weeks.
Earlier in the day, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Pakistan has always suggested a political settlement over a military solution in Afghanistan and “now the world has acknowledged our position”.
He said the matter needs to be resolved via dialogue. “To resolve the flare-up by means of talks and political negotiations has been the position Prime Minister Imran Khan has maintained for years now”, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said.
