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Results of Pakistan PM’s Kabul Visit “Not Clear So Far”

Results of Pakistan PM’s  Kabul Visit “Not Clear So Far”

KABUL - The Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah’s office says the results of Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s visit to Kabul are not clear so far and that there has been no sign of a big progress in relations between the two countries.
“Afghanistan shared its views and discussed a range of issues in Pakistan prime minister’s visit to Kabul. But so far we have not witnessed any big and new progress in the policies (of Pakistan) and relations between the two countries,” the Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah’s spokesman Mujib Rahman Rahimi told TOLOnews on Thursday.
The High Peace Council’s deputy chief Mohammad Haidari meanwhile said a trilateral meeting will be held among religious scholars from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia’s in Jakarta in the near future.
Haidari said Pakistan has not clearly responded about its attendance in this meeting.
“Afghanistan and Indonesia are completely ready to hold this meeting soon. Indonesia will host the meeting, but Pakistan so far has not responded to us clearly. Pakistan has said that it will announce its stance in the coming week,” said Haidari.
Some Afghan MPs meanwhile claimed Pakistan is not in favor of peace in Afghanistan.
“Pakistan does not want security in Afghanistan. If Pakistan sends its religious scholars, I think they will not be independent,” said Mahmoud Sulaimankhail, an Afghan MP. 
“They (Pakistanis) know that if they lose the weapon of religion through Ulema (religious scholars), they will not be able to continue their combat and they will have to respond about their past (fights),” another lawmaker Assadullah Saadati said.
Abbasi visited Afghanistan on April 6. He held talks with Afghan government leaders.
During the visit, President Ashraf Ghani and Abbasi agreed to seven key principles to finalize Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS).
Following the Afghan government’s peace offer to the Taliban, it was the second time that Pakistan’s high officials visited Kabul and talked with government leaders.
Before Abbasi’s visit, Pakistan's National Security Adviser Nasser Khan Janjua paid a visit to Kabul. (Tolo news)