25.10.2020    Interim Gov’t Solution to Current Problems in Afghanistan: Hekmatyar

KABUL, Afghanistan – Hezb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar at news conference Sunday in Kabul said the Taliban do not want the current government, suggesting interim government is a political settlement in the country. Addressing his recent official trip to Pakistan, Hekmatyar said there would be peace in Afghanistan and that he would do so to ensure peace in the country, adding Pakistan had assured him that it would work honestly in the Afghan peace process. Meanwhile, backlashing over the current insecurities throughout the Afghanistan, Hekmatyar said providing security is one of the responsibilities of the government and if it cannot ensure it should render the duty to people. During a press conference in Islamabad earlier this week, he said the United States has failed in Afghanistan and has no choice but to leave, criticizing the ongoing peace talks in Doha the process is between a Presidential Palace team and the Taliban – not really intra-Afghan. In Pakistan, Hekmatyar met with Prime Minister Imran Khan and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, discussing Afghan peace and Pakistan’s role in the process.