Qureshi slams Afghan NSA urges him to ‘reform his conduct’

Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday said Afghan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib should be ashamed of bad-mouthing Pakistan and advised him against using harsh language against Islamabad, Geo News reported.

“Listen to me closely,” he said, calling out the Afghan official, “Pakistan has played an important role in helping achieve stability in Afghanistan,” he told reporters.

Mohib early last month accused Pakistan, particularly its military, of supporting the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan and compared Pakistan to a “brothel”.

“My blood has been boiling ever since you compared Pakistan to a brothel house. You should be ashamed of yourself and must reform your conduct,” Qureshi said of Mohib on Saturday.

“Afghanistan’s national security advisor should review his statement [against Pakistan]; he is creating obstacles in the road towards peace,” Qureshi said.

Last month reports emerged that Pakistan had stopped official contact with Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib following his comments.

However, Mohib denied these reports at the time and said he had not received any official communique from Pakistan in this respect.

“There has been some talk about me from an anonymous and unnamed address, which is not the official position of Pakistan. If Pakistan says anything officially, the Afghan government will announce its position,” said Mohib.

Mohib had been responding to a VOA report that Pakistan had officially stopped all contact with Mohib after what Pakistan called his “abusive outburst” against Islamabad.

According to the VOA report, Pakistan conveyed to the leadership in Afghanistan it will no longer conduct official business with Mohib because of his recent “abusive outburst” against Islamabad.