ANTALYA – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who is currently in Turkey to attend Antalya Diplomacy Forum, said that Afghanistan cannot afford another civil war, Dunya News reported on Thursday.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi, while giving an interview to Afghan media said that negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government are currently stalled and added that if this stalemate persisted until the US withdrawal, the situation in Afghanistan would be similar to that of the 1990s. He said that such a situation would neither be good for Afghanistan nor for Pakistan and the region.
Replying to a question, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that Pakistan has no objection to the bilateral relations between Afghanistan and India. He said that sometimes the Indian presence in Afghanistan exceeds the limits of bilateral relations which is alarming for Pakistan.
Replying to yet another question, FM Qureshi said that whether Afghanistan agrees or not, the Durand Line is an international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
He said that if Afghanistan wants to be a good neighbor with Pakistan, then the Durand Line must be recognized. “No further talks are needed on the Durand Line with Afghanistan,” FM Qureshi said.