KABUL - Senators in the Meshrano Jirga (Upper House of Parliament) on Tuesday accused Pakistan of fueling the war in Afghanistan amid the ongoing insurgency around the country.
‎Senators stated that Pakistan has been harboring and sponsoring terrorist groups in Afghanistan and are preventing the Taliban from entering an Afghan peace dialogue through meddling in Afghanistan's internal issues.
The senators noted that Pakistan has always pursued a hostile policy toward Afghanistan and Islamabad has never endorsed a peaceful and stable Afghanistan.
"Daesh has not infiltrated here from Syria or Iraq, Pakistan fabricated Daesh for Afghanistan," one senator Abdul Hai Akhundzada said.
"United Nations must take the issue seriously and isolate Pakistan, because Pakistan has been supporting terrorism for long," said senator Nadir Baloch.‎
"The p‎resident of Afghanistan had committed that no peace negotiation will take place without seeking consultation from the people of Afghanistan and their representatives," said senator Mohammad Alam Eizidyar.
The comments come just days after reports surfaced in international media that a secret peace negotiation process had taken place between the Afghan government and the Taliban delegation in Qatar. But senators hit out over the secret talks between the two sides, saying that Pakistan had managed to take control of the talks in Doha.
"Pakistan has categorically announced that anyone who enters peace negotiation talks with the Afghan government either will be put into prison or killed," said senator Juma Din Gianwal.
"Pakistan once again wants to impose its hostile designs against the people of Afghanistan," said senator Nisar Haris.
The senators also raised deep concerns over the deteriorating security situation in Uruzgan, Faryab, Ghazni, Kunduz, Helmand, Nangarhar, Baghlan, Farah and some other regions. (Tolonews)