India should play a positive role in mitigating the situation in Afghanistan, commented the Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in his interview to Samaa Tv.
Qureshi emphasized that India should refrain from being the aggravator in the Afghan-Taliban situation. While all the Central Asian neighbours including Pakistan and Turkey push for peace in the region.
Pakistan maintains that it is looking forward to diplomatic negotiations with the Afghan government and the Taliban. Qureshi mentioned that he would discuss appraoches to peace and stability in his upcoming meeting with the Taliban delegation.
An emergency meeting of the National Security Council has been called by the Prime Minister, to discuss Pakistan’s strategy in this matter.