{"id":25969,"date":"2026-10-13T03:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T03:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=25969"},"modified":"2026-10-13T03:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T03:29:19","slug":"zalmay-khalilzad-warns-scrapping-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-government-could-fuel-instability-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/10\/13\/zalmay-khalilzad-warns-scrapping-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-government-could-fuel-instability-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Zalmay Khalilzad warns scrapping Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government could fuel instability in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. special representative for Afghanistan, has warned that abolishing the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa could increase instability in Pakistan and create opportunities for separatist Pashtun groups to strengthen their position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khalilzad said such a move could particularly damage Pakistan\u2019s international reputation in Western countries. He noted that Pakistan would be identified as an authoritarian system in global democracy rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that such changes could give Pakistan\u2019s regional rivals greater opportunities to expand their support for groups opposed to the country, potentially increasing pressure on the Pakistani military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khalilzad called on Imran Khan, his supporters and other democratic groups to adopt an effective strategy to respond to the current situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. special representative for Afghanistan, has warned that abolishing the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa could increase instability in Pakistan and create opportunities for separatist Pashtun groups to strengthen their position. Khalilzad said such a move could particularly damage Pakistan\u2019s international reputation in Western countries. He noted that Pakistan would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25969"}],"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=25969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25970,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25969\/revisions\/25970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}