Some Meshrano Jirga members on Sunday said peace in Afghanistan would not be achieved unless more pressure was put on Pakistan.
Senator Gulalai Akbari from Badakhshan province told on Sunday session that wounded Taliban fighters were being treated in Pakistani hospitals.
“Peace will continue to elude Afghanistan unless Pakistan stops supporting the Taliban,” she added.
She called on the international community, especially the United States, to put pressure on Pakistan to bring peace to Afghanistan.
“Evidence shows that Pakistan was involved in the Helmand war,” said another lawmaker Anarkali Hunaryar.
She said as the war escalated after the start of peace talks in Doha, more pressure should be put on Pakistan by the international community to stop interfering in Afghanistan.
First deputy chairman Mohammad Alam Izedyar said if the United States sincerely wanted, it had the ability to end the war. “But the US speaks of a reduction in violence which means the war will continue and this has concerned all people.”
He called on all neighboring countries to help the Afghans achieve peace and stop interfering in internal affairs of Afghanistan.
Meshrano Jirga chairman Fazl Hadi Muslimyar said nothing about the lawmakers’ remarks about Pakistan, but called on the Afghan government to take care of security of people as well as the peace process.
