Afghan lawmaker says wary of Pakistan role in Taliban peace moves
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A senior Afghan lawmaker has warned President Ashraf Ghani about relying on Pakistan to help broker peace talks with the Taliban, citing what he said was Islamabad's history of supporting the insurgents.
Afghanistan has long accused Pakistan of backing the Taliban to push its own agenda in the war-torn country, and Ghani's rapprochement with Islamabad since coming to power last year has led to unease in some quarters. "I am in support of peace and stability in Afghanistan, but I don't have much faith in Pakistan's honesty over peace talks," Fazil Hadi Muslimyar, speaker of the upper house of parliament, told Reuters. "President Ashraf Ghani must have a guarantee from Pakistan that if the Taliban enter into negotiations, Pakistan will not use other militants as proxies (to fight against Afghanistan)," he said.
