KABUL: As unrest escalates in Pakistan’s tribal areas, former Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for a delegation led by Mahmood Khan Achakzai to engage in peace talks in Afghanistan, criticizing the Pakistani government’s approach.
Khan made the remarks in a statement on X on Monday night, emphasizing that peace in Pakistan can only be achieved through tripartite dialogues involving the people of Pakistan’s tribal areas, the Afghan people, and the Afghan government.
He warned that without this approach, all military efforts to establish peace are doomed to fail.
Khan asserted that the leadership of the Pakistani military, particularly General Asim Munir, is intentionally provoking Afghanistan to resort to war.
In his statement, he pointed out that serious threats were initially directed at the Afghan government, followed by violations of the religious, moral, and international rights of Afghan refugees, leading to the expulsion of Afghan brothers residing in Pakistan for three generations. He noted that attacks were then launched on Afghan soil, and now operations are beginning in tribal areas under the pretext that “terrorists have come.”
Khan believes that lasting peace can only be established through dialogue and negotiation.
Currently imprisoned, he has accused the Pakistani government of making deliberate efforts to discredit his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
This comes amid recent unrest in various regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, resulting in the deaths of dozens of Pakistani military personnel and members of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).