Former US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said late Tuesday that both Afghanistan and Pakistan need to focus on reaching an agreement that neither side’s soil will be used to threaten the other.
He stated there has been fighting for more than a week now between border forces at Torkham.
“People are dying, and others are becoming refugees. Traders on both sides are losing millions of dollars. Each is accusing the other of sheltering extremist groups inimical to them. Diplomacy is a better option,” he said adding that trade and economic cooperation between the two countries and between them and Central Asia will benefit everyone.
