Pakistan proposes working group of OIC experts to chart roadmap for lasting peace in Afghanistan

NEWYORK: Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, has proposed a working group of OIC experts to chart a roadmap for Afghanistan’s stability, underlining that lasting peace requires sincerity, mutual respect and political will.

He was addressing the first meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Afghanistan at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Ishaq Dar reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to peace, stability and prosperity in the brotherly country of Afghanistan.

He stressed that Afghanistan cannot remain isolated, and urged the OIC members to secure unconditional humanitarian funding, revive trade and banking systems, enhance regional connectivity and promote dialogue for compliance with international obligations.

He also voiced grave concern over terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil, warning that they threaten regional peace and security.

He urged the Afghan authorities to take concrete and verifiable action against cross-border terrorism.