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Khalilzad urges Pakistan to choose politics over war
Violence has surged in Pakistan since the collapse of peace talks with the TTP in late 2022.
Former U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, has called on Pakistan to abandon its current military-centric approach to dealing with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and instead pursue a political settlement to end the ongoing conflict.
In a strongly worded statement posted on social media, Khalilzad warned that the ongoing violence between Pakistan’s security forces and TTP militants has reached a “dangerous point,” with mounting casualties and no clear military solution in sight.
“The time has come to shift to a political strategy and negotiate,” Khalilzad wrote, adding that “Afghanistan must help Pakistan with such negotiations.”
His comments come amid a renewed surge in militant attacks in Pakistan’s tribal border regions with Afghanistan, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, where dozens of Pakistani security personnel and insurgents have been killed in recent months.
Khalilzad’s remarks carry weight given his central role in negotiating the 2020 Doha Agreement between the U.S. and the Islamic Emirate which ultimately paved the way for the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
He has previously argued that durable peace in South Asia requires political solutions rather than prolonged military campaigns.
A Growing Crisis
Violence has surged in Pakistan since the collapse of peace talks with the TTP in late 2022.
Many analysts believe that the group’s resurgence is partly due to the Islamic Emirate’s reluctance to rein in cross-border militancy, despite Pakistan’s repeated requests.
Islamabad has launched several counterterrorism operations in tribal districts, but with limited success.
The Islamic Emirate however has repeatedly denied allegations of TTP existence on Afghan soil and said it would not allow any group or individual to threaten the security of another country from Afghanistan territory.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday that security risks in Central Asia and developments in Afghanistan are among the primary concerns for the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
The CSTO is a regional military alliance that includes Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
Speaking in Moscow during a meeting with CSTO Secretary-General Taalatbek Masadykov, Lavrov described the region’s security challenges as “central” to the organization’s agenda.
“The problems that are currently among the central ones for the CSTO are new challenges and threats. I am referring to the situation in the Central Asian region of collective security, as well as everything related to what is happening in Afghanistan,” he said.
He praised Masadykov as “one of the leading experts” on Central Asian security, noting that his experience could enhance coordination and increase the effectiveness of allied actions.
Similar to NATO, the CSTO considers an attack on one member state as an attack on all.
Countries in the region have always expressed concern about security threats from Afghanistan. The Islamic Emirate, however, has dismissed these concerns and assured that it will not allow Afghanistan’s soil to be used against another country.
The Ministry of Higher Education of Afghanistan has announced that the leader of the Islamic Emirate has approved the establishment of a faculty dedicated to “Prophetic Medicine.”
According to the ministry, this new faculty will play a vital role in advancing medical sciences and training skilled healthcare professionals across the country.
Afghanistan’s Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs, Noorullah Noori, has announced that the long-delayed demarcation and renovation of border markers along the Afghanistan–Iran frontier will officially begin in the near future.
According to a statement from the ministry, Noori made the remarks during a meeting with Iran’s ambassador to Kabul, Ali-Reza Bikdeli.
He assured the Iranian side that the Islamic Emirate is fully committed to accelerating the process and resolving any challenges that may arise during implementation.
In a separate statement, the Iranian Embassy in Kabul said Bikdeli underscored the importance of bilateral cooperation on border issues, describing it as a key factor in strengthening and expanding overall relations between the two countries.
Officials from both sides agreed nearly three months ago to resume the border-marker renovation project, which had remained stalled for the past seven years.
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