A senior Pashtun politician has asked Islamabad and Kabul to step up government-to-government and people-to-people contacts for peace in the region.
Qaumi Watan Party Chairman Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao alleged on Saturday that voice of moderate Pakhtuns on both sides of the border was being stifled under a sinister conspiracy.
Speaking intellectuals, academicians and journalists, he linked peace in Pakistan with restoration of stability in Afghanistan. Effective steps were needed for the removal of the trust deficit between the neighbors, he believed.
Sherpao stressed the need for strengthening contacts with Afghanistan at all levels to resolve bilateral issues. He said peace was a prerequisite for development of the region.
