In an interview with TRT World, President Dr Arif Alvi said Islamabad would seek a similar assurance from the Taliban, as it gave to China and the United States, that the soil of Afghanistan won’t be used against Pakistan. He said during the decades-long conflict in Afghanistan, Pakistan was the “biggest loser” after Kabul in terms of suffering the consequences. “With the return of peace in Afghanistan, Pakistan will be the ‘biggest winner’,” he said, expressing optimism that things would settle down quite fast. President Alvi said Pakistan was in touch with China, Russia, Turkey and the US to pursue the agenda of development of the region. However, he stressed that India was playing the role of a spoiler and urged it to not use any other territory against Pakistan.

Source: Pakistan Today August 17, 2021 12:56 UTC