London, Apr. 3 (ANI): Afghanistan's 'worst nightmare' of Pakistan cutting back on support for peace talks with the Taliban ahead of the NATO troops pull out in 2014, has come true.
Afghan foreign ministry spokesman Janan Mosazai said Pakistan is changing the goalposts on its support for the peace process once again, and in recent weeks has appeared to have backed away from support for the process.
Mosazai said that Pakistan has decided to put down certain preconditions for its support for the peace process which are completely unacceptable to Afghanistan and to any other independent country, reports the Guardian.
The insurgents themselves have remained more elusive, attacking top government negotiators and refusing to publicly embrace talks.
Afghan president Hamid Karzai visited the Qatari capital, Doha, at the weekend, where a handful of Taliban and their families have set up base since 2011.
The emir of the tiny state, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, pledged his support for the peace process and unveiled plans for a Qatari embassy in Kabul, helping allay some Afghan suspicions about where the Gulf nation's loyalties lie.
But notably absent from the two-day trip was any meeting with some of the Qatar-based Taliban themselves, who have denounced Karzai as the head of a "stooge administration".
A string of initiatives including Pakistani releases of Taliban prisoners and plans for a meeting of senior clerics from both countries meant the year began in a haze of enthusiasm that now looks premature. Little has changed in a country determined to ensure a friendly regime across its eastern borders, the report said. (ANI)
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