26pc Afghans want ties cut with states supporting Taliban

KABUL militants and 13 percent favor dialogue to resolve issues.

The survey conducted by Pajhwok Afghan News was about one of the four questions the government has given to the participants of the Loya Jirga to deliberate upon and come up with answers.

The survey on Pajhwok Facebook page shows three percent of the participants demanded inter-state relationship based on mutual respect. However, 26 percent of the participants commented out of context and the remaining expressed different views.

In the ongoing Consultative Peace Jirga, four questions have been asked from 50 different committees. Answers to these questions would be submitted today (Thursday.)

The questions are about Afghanistan’s relations with neighboring countries, especially with those providing military and financial support to Taliban. What should be political polices of Afghanistan? What do you expect from countries involved in peace process and others.

Pajhwok shared these questions with people on Wednesday and 31 people answered these questions.

Cutting ties:

Twenty-six percent respondents demanded Afghanistan and the international community cut ties with countries supporting the Taliban.

Hussain, one of the respondents, said the UN should be asked to impose sanctions on countries that supported armed outfits.

Esrar Ahmad, another participant, said: “First, these countries should be asked to stop supporting the Taliban and if they did not respect the decision, all diplomatic ties should be cut off and a complaint should be lodged with the UN against them.”

Ezzatullah says the Afghan government should cut ties with such countries and Afghan refugees living there should be given an ultimatum to return home from there.

But Hemmat shared a different view saying if peace is established, support of foreign countries with the Taliban would automatically stop.

Thirteen percent of the participants say the conflict should be resolved through dialogue.

Four participants of the question said talks should be conducted with those countries who supported both the Afghan government and militants.

Ziarmal Alingar said: “I think it would be better to expose those countries’ names that support militants and the National Security Council (NSC) should ask them why they are supporting the militants in our country.”

Power

Ten percent of the question participants stressed over the use of force.

One of them, Hijratullah Hijrat, says the Afghan government should remove the militants and announce Jihad and Iran.

Zahidullah Zahid, another participant, says the Afghan government should cut its relations with nations supporting militants and show the same reaction as they do with us.

Lodin Khalil wrote, “Should be given a befitting response, nothing else.”

Respect in response to respect

Three percent of the participants stressed the solution was lied in giving respect to each other.

Mosa Mangal said the above mentioned countries should respect Afghanistan’s sovereignty.

He also asked Afghans to respect each other, otherwise he warned the country’s politicians were more dangerous than Taliban militants.

Others views

Mohammad Rafiq says the Afghan government should deal wisely with neighbors who pretend to be friendly but in fact get advantage Afghanistan’s troubles.

Ismatullah says the certain question was not related to the peace process.

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