Hekmatyar asks India not to meddle in Afghan affairs
81
ISLAMABAD: Former Afghan prime minister and Hizb-i-Islami (HI) chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has appreciated Pakistan’s efforts for peaceful settlement of the Afghan conflict and asked India not to fight Kashmir war from Afghan soil.
“New Delhi should focus on its internal issues instead of issuing statements regarding the future of Afghanistan,” said Hekmatyar while talking to media in Kabul.
He said New Delhi should respect sovereignty of Afghanistan. He was appreciative of the efforts of Prime Minister Imran Khan as well for his stance on a peaceful and negotiated settlement of the Afghan issue. Hekmatyar expressed the hope that soon there would be a government in Kabul, which would be acceptable to the Afghan people and the international community.
Also on Sunday, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmed Khan called on the Hizb-i-Islami chief at his Kabul office.
They discussed the ongoing talks between the Taliban and political groups for the formation of a new government in Afghanistan.
Published in Dawn, August 23rd, 2021
Read more
On DawnNews
Comments (81) Closed
Aug 23, 2021 08:27am
Well done Ambassador Mansoor Ahmed Khan.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 08:29am
Gulbadin Hikmatyar's statement is welcoming and relevant to present situation.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 08:30am
Pakistan is only exposing its hand!
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 08:45am
India be like, "everything gone to ruin".
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 08:46am
India getting what India deserves. Humiliation and warnings.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 08:54am
What about billions of dollars India has invested bin Afghanistan for its progress.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 08:57am
India has full support by Afghan Nationals and India will do whatever is needed for Afghanistan-India relations.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 08:59am
@Vijay , well thanks for it.. take care of ur internal mess..
Regards
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:02am
@Vijay , India can only look with dismay and shed tears at their loss of billions in Afghanistan.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:02am
Is Hekmatyar trying to be significant player? Not many people know him.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:02am
@Vijay , which progress?
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:03am
@Vijay , the investment is gone . India did not make the investment unconditionally for the better of afghan people but to create a footprint in Afghanistan to use that soil against Pakistan . If it was for the afghan people , then why do they call it investment ?
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:05am
I see some people get happy by just some kind words.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:10am
This statement is another setback for Hindustan.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:10am
@Vijay , the intention for investment was not for the betterment of Afghani people but to use afghani soil against Pakistan which has all gone in drain.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:14am
@Vijay , You don't get to own a country by investing it. You invested it for your own interests.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:15am
He should become the President and supreme leader of Afghanistan. No one else
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:16am
That is a welcoming statement. India must keep its prying nose out of Afghanistan and focus on it's own internal issues like India itself uses to say.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:17am
@Vijay, well, India’s plan didn’t work, no one trusts India. First it was China, then Pakistan, now Afghanistan, does India get along with any neighbor ?
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:17am
Hikmatyar is indeed a true visionary for Afghanistan. India just cannot expect everyone to budge for their failed investment.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:18am
This terrorist should be fixed once and for all.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:20am
@Vijay , you mean the progress of filling pockets of every corrupt Afghan for your proxy war? Yeah, bad news there buddy
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:22am
What if India stops billions of dollars worth of investment? Will Hekmatyer ask PMIK to pour investments? Can the nation afford to do it?
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:22am
@Vijay , correction. Billions of dollars not for Afghan progress but for unrest in Pakistan. Tables have turned and now you sow what you have reaped.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:23am
@Vijay, I know this must be disappointing for you people, but Pakistan and Afghanistan are at a crossroads of a new friendship. Let bygones be bygones and focus on your own internal issues
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:24am
India used Afghanistan & Afghans to flight their war with Pakistan because of Pakistan’s claim on IOK, but India forgot Pakistan is Afghanistan’s immediate neighbor and shares culture with them. The Afghans will understand this later that they were used and still being used by India. India need Pakistan’s permission to use Pak airspace. Afg airspace is closed and all flights from India and to India are spending extra time and money & if Pak closes its airspace it gets worst for India.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:25am
@Vijay , Ask your leadership about the lack of vision while investing in Afghanistan.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:25am
India will do whatever is in its interest.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:33am
The world knows what Indians been up to in Afghanistan.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:34am
Will India now invest more in Balochistan?
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:34am
Yeah and you don’t interfere in India’s affairs. Keep your revolution to yourself!
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:39am
@Citizen, and, some people get happy running away from when thing get tough!
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:41am
AFG govt will invite India. Since boarder conflict with Pakistan, India is required for AFG for development and strategic partnership.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:42am
Hekmatayar presents only one figure on chessoard, nothing more. What he has done for Afghanistan?
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:48am
India gave Afghanistan a major Dam, Kabul airport and number of institutions including libraries without expecting anything in return. What has Hekmatiyar contributed to his own people?
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:50am
The same guy will plead in India for recognition.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:55am
The butcher of Kabul is lucky to be alive and living in Afghanistan. He escaped to Iran during Taliban’s early days in the 90s, he is irrelevant now.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:58am
@Kashmiri, don’t worry , india has its plans. You cannot give Afghanistan single penny, Muslim brotherhood will not help every time
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 10:01am
@Salman Canada, you have no Idea how rich India is and has always been that sort.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 10:04am
@Johnny sins, good luck with 1% Afghans.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 10:05am
@Justice, no one knows you
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 10:07am
Not a single neighbor of India likes it....This speaks volumes about a nation.
The UN should watch India for mischief it wants to create through Amrulllah Saleh hiding in Panjshir valley. If India provides any arms ammunition to the rebels it is directly interfering in the internal affairs of Afghanistan and will amount to spreading terrorism in the region.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 10:09am
@Malik, I hope Pakistan is not allowing Indian military aircraft over flights.
That would be really dumb
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 10:10am
@Johnny sins, day dreaming
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 10:14am
Unwarranted warning, India is simply out of the Afghan equation.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 10:14am
Hekmatiyar who?
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 10:20am
@Justice, He maybe insignificant but your not going to forget his name for the rest of your life.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 10:26am
@point of view,
Right now India is pleading for their recognition.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 10:37am
@Vijay , Those all have gone down the drain.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 10:42am
@Vijay , it is in Dubai with Ashraf Gani go and get it
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 10:49am
Good. Time India learnt its lesson that charity starts at home. This is good visual for Pakistan. West will go to Pakistan for communication with Taliban government.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 10:49am
So India shouldn’t meddle but Pakistan should? At least on paper, India also shares border with Afghanistan. So I am confused what is the criteria for meddling, religion?
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 11:28am
@Justice keep your eyes closed…
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 11:29am
India is out from the graveyard of empires forever.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 11:34am
India will never get out of Pakistan phobia
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 11:42am
ISLAMABAD: Former Afghan prime minister and Hizb-i-Islami (HI) chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has appreciated Pakistan’s efforts for peaceful settlement of the Afghan conflict and asked India not to fight Kashmir war from Afghan soil.
Wow! Warned off india and mentioned kashmir, IIOK as well.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 11:43am
@Katua Khan, Pakistan is only exposing its hand!
Just letting india know, who won.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 11:43am
That's too much for India. Wonder what else is in the stock
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 11:44am
“New Delhi should focus on its internal issues instead of issuing statements regarding the future of Afghanistan,” said Hekmatyar while talking to media in Kabul.
Message to india, as clear as crystal. Behave or we turn up in IOK.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 11:45am
@LAHORI KID, I don't think Afghanistan is a neighbour of India?
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 11:47am
@Syed Ahmed, Afghanistan isn't a neighbour of India , is it ?
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 12:12pm
@Vijay , what about it. India lost every thing in Afghanistan
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 12:13pm
Excellent
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 12:20pm
@Zak, what did you win? Before you know its going to land on your head.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 12:23pm
India is not neighbor of Afghanistan and shares absolute no culture with Afghanistan. Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan shares border and culture with Afghanistan.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 12:42pm
Peace maker v spolier
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 12:45pm
Keeping the dog at bay.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 01:24pm
@Katua Khan, yes that's its always been right on afghan situation
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 01:34pm
India has built roads, dams, schools and funded a host of other infrastructure projects, including the parliament building in Afghanistan. That is called aid, not investment whereby ROI in financial terms might be expected. Investment is what China has done in Pakistan, charging mindboggling interest rates which has all the trappings of cyclical debt and taking over national assets that have been mortgaged.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 02:03pm
Good neighborly advice to the problem maker. If they don't restrain take a right action what do they deserve.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 02:53pm
Meddling in Afghan affairs is the only game left for india at the present time.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 03:15pm
@Ace, "India has built roads, dams, schools and funded a host of other infrastructure projects, including the parliament building in Afghanistan. " It should start doing so in India now.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 03:51pm
Every other part of discussion published as headlines to cheer crowd
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 04:41pm
Warlord like him are the part of the problem not a solution. He,s responsible for the suffering of Afghan people.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 04:43pm
@Ace, there is no free lunch. All & sundry know why india spent a pretty penny in Afghanistan.
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 06:31pm
@Rahim, Don't worry china would happily invest in Afghanistan heck they did not even pull out their embesy staff out of kabul
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 08:32pm
As if India had boots on the ground, like saying absolutely not
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 08:47pm
Aww, India is shunned by another Afghan leader. :-)
Recommend
0
Aug 23, 2021 09:24pm
Even though even ordinary Indians and Afghan respect each-other ?
Recommend
0
Aug 24, 2021 03:25pm
He is 100 percent right.
Recommend
0
Aug 24, 2021 10:02pm
India is not interfering in muslim Afghanistan's affairs' .It is there problems.
Recommend
0
