{"id":22397,"date":"2026-06-30T08:04:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T08:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=22397"},"modified":"2026-06-30T08:05:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T08:05:02","slug":"khalilzad-urges-pakistan-to-pursue-diplomatic-solutions-amid-rising-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/06\/30\/khalilzad-urges-pakistan-to-pursue-diplomatic-solutions-amid-rising-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Khalilzad urges Pakistan to pursue diplomatic solutions amid rising tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, has called on Pakistan to pursue diplomatic solutions in response to United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres\u2019 appeal for an end to the recent escalation of tensions involving Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a post on X, Khalilzad noted that the UN Secretary-General had urged Afghanistan and Pakistan to halt the violence and resolve their differences through diplomacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that Afghanistan has repeatedly stated its preference for a diplomatic solution and has put forward several proposals aimed at reducing tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former U.S. envoy further questioned whether Pakistan\u2019s ruling would heed the UN Secretary-General\u2019s call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWill the power structure in Pakistan listen to the Secretary-General\u2019s appeal?\u201d Khalilzad asked, adding, \u201cI hope so, but I am not optimistic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His remarks come as the United Nations has called for an immediate end to hostilities and the protection of civilians following recent Pakistani military strikes on parts of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, has called on Pakistan to pursue diplomatic solutions in response to United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres\u2019 appeal for an end to the recent escalation of tensions involving Pakistan. In a post on X, Khalilzad noted that the UN Secretary-General had urged Afghanistan and Pakistan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[74],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22399,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22397\/revisions\/22399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}