The main reason behind insecurity in Afghanistan originates from the other side of the Durand Line, says Mohammad Ashraf Haidari, the Director of Policy and Strategy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who attended the six nations meeting in Moscow last week.
 
This was because “terrorism and extremism are supported on the other side and terrorist networks receive institutional support on the other side of the line,” Haidari said with clear reference to Pakistan.
 
The Moscow meeting was attended by representatives of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, India, China and Iran.
 
In an interview with TOLOnews, he said the war in Afghanistan will not end unless Pakistan is pressurized to cooperate in the elimination of safe havens for terrorists.
 
He called on regional countries to support Kabul’s policy in the fight against terrorism and that their relations with Afghanistan must be state-centric.
 
“It is difficult to end war in Afghanistan unless the safe havens are closed; Afghanistan’s pre-conditions on peace are accepted; an overall ceasefire is agreed and other countries use their influence to get Pakistan to cooperate with the process,” Haidari said.
 
At the Moscow meeting, he called on regional countries to put pressure on Pakistan to eliminate terrorists’ sanctuaries on its soil.
 
In response to a question about the agenda of the six nations meeting in Moscow, Haidari said: “At the center of the meeting’s was assessing the overall situation and the peace process in Afghanistan.”
 
He said the participants of the meeting had a consensus about their concern regarding the instability of and insecurity in Afghanistan “which comes from terrorists safe-havens on the other side of Durand Line”.
 
According to Haidari, the countries also discussed on how they could cooperate with each other and with Afghanistan to help the country to stabilize.
 
Haidari said Russia is worried about existence of Daesh in Afghanistan.