Washington: US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken has said that Pakistan should not accept Taliban government in Afghanistan until they fulfil their promises made to world community.

Blinken was addressing the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee.

US secretary of states said that time has come to ‘revisit’ our ties with Pakistan. Pakistan has cooperated with the US to counter terrorism, he said.

Blinken said that US is also overseeing what role can Pakistan play towards Afghanistan. Pakistan should use its influence to persuade Taliban to fulfil their promises. “This is one of the things we’re going to be looking at in the days, and weeks ahead – the role that Pakistan has played over the last 20 years but also the role we would want to see it play in the coming years and what it will take for it to do that, ” he said.

He told the committee that Pakistan has a “multiplicity of interests, some that are in conflict with ours.” The US official said that they have made it clear to Pakistan that it does not want Islamabad to recognise the Taliban government until it doesn’t give women their due rights and allows Afghans who want to leave the country, to do so.

Speaking about the US-Taliban relationship, Blinken said it was time to end a war spanning two decades in Afghanistan. “We achieved our objectives in Afghanistan, ” he said, adding that the Biden administration inherited the peace agreement with the Taliban from its predecessor.

“The US was likely to suffer more losses by staying in Afghanistan, ” he admitted. “There was no guarantee of the war ending anytime soon had the US decided to stay in Afghanistan for a longer duration.”

Blinken said the US has activated its diplomatic mission in Afghanistan, adding that Washington will keep helping US and Afghan citizens who are staying back in the country.

Srinagar: All Parties Hurriyat Conference has welcomed the dossier issued by the Government of Pakistan on the massive atrocities committed by Indian troops against unarmed Kashmiris in the territory.

APHC Assistant General Secretary Khawaja Firdous in a statement issued in Srinagar that Pakistan has always exposed war crimes, human rights violations, fake encounters and rape of women being used as a war tool by Indian troops in occupied Kashmir.

The APHC leader said that the dossier has testified Pakistan’s commitment to the Kashmir cause and political right of the Kashmiri people. He also welcomed the appeal by the Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to the United Nations and the international community calling for an increase pressure on India to give the UN Human Rights Council access to the occupied territory for an independent inquiry into human rights violations by Indian forces in occupied Kashmir.

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US Asad Majeed Khan has said Pakistan has not recognized Taliban government so far and we are seeing the new Afghan government is fulfilling the expectations of international community to what extent. .

“Pakistan and US want peace in Afghanistan. Now time has come we should learn lesson from the past”, he said this in an interview with the Washington Diplomat.

He stated “my sympathies are with affectees of 9/11 and their families. Pakistan has paid heavy price in war on terror. Over 80000 people embraced shahadat and Pakistan had to suffer financial loss over 150 billion dollars.

There is a government in place in Afghanistan, he remarked. The international community should talk to it or leave it alone.

He held we want human and women’s rights to be preserved in Afghanistan.

He remarked his country wants that the Afghan territory is not used against any country including Pakistan.

The Ambassador said both Pakistan and the US want to see the end of conflict in Afghanistan. He added we would like to see that the gains Afghanistan made over the last few decades are preserved.

As regards bilateral relations with the US, Asad Majeed Khan said Pakistan does not want its relationship to be seen through any prism, be it Afghanistan, India or China.

He underlined that Pakistan-US relations should not be seen in the perspective of some third country, may it be Afghanistan, India or China. US-Pakistan relations have a history. US is the largest export point for Pakistan and is the third largest source of remittances.

It has been the stance of Pakistan from the very beginning that Afghan conflict has no military solution, he observed. Pakistan always stressed on the talks based on political reconciliation.

We talked of responsible US pull out from Afghanistan which should harmonize with progress in peace process, he underscored. Therefore, Pakistan supported intra Afghan talks.

The facts reveal that security situation in Afghanistan is under control, he indicated. There is no information of arrival of Afghan refugees on Pakistan-Afghan border.

He reiterated that Indian government is perpetuating atrocities in Occupied Kashmir. Modi government is anti peace government.

Pakistan wants to resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue, he said adding there is no other option with two countries of Pakistan and India except peace.

Srinagar: Several human rights bodies have discovered mass graves in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, which has revealed that India is consistently committing gross human rights violations and war crimes in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

According to a report by International People’s tribunal on human rights and justice in Jammu and Kashmir, about 8, 652 unidentified mass graves in 89 villages of 6 districts of IIOJK have been found.

According to another investigative report by IIOJK state Human rights commission, about 3, 640 mass graves were found in Uri, Baramula, Bandipora and Kupwara districts.

PM receives telephone call from Russian President Vladimir Putin

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan received a telephone call from President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.

Recalling their earlier telephone conversation of 25 August 2021, the two leaders exchanged views on the latest developments of Afghanistan, bilateral cooperation, and collaboration in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

The Prime Minister underscored the importance of peace and stability in Afghanistan for regional security and prosperity.

He emphasized the urgent need for provision of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and the imperative of averting an economic crisis.

Imran Khan underlined the need for the international community to remain engaged in Afghanistan. He stressed that the Afghan people should not be abandoned at this crucial juncture.

The Prime Minister stressed that close coordination and consultations between Pakistan and Russia on the evolving situation in Afghanistan were of crucial importance.

In the bilateral context, the Prime Minister emphasized the growing cooperation across a range of sectors and reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to further upgrade the overall relationship. He underscored that strengthening trade and investments and energy cooperation were the cornerstones of engagement with Russia.

The Prime Minister also reaffirmed the Government’s resolve for early realization of the Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline Project.

The Prime Minister reiterated his invitation to President Putin to visit Pakistan. President Putin renewed his invitation to Prime Minister Imran Khan to undertake a visit to Russia.

Relations between Pakistan and Russia have been on an upward trajectory propelled by converging views on important regional and international issues, growing trust, and increasing bilateral cooperation manifested by recent high-level interactions.

The two leaders agreed to remain in close contact.