KABUL (SW) – Media reports suggest Pakistan’s intelligence chief has visited Turkey to meet a number of Afghan politicians based there.
Gen. Nadeem Ahmad Anjum, Pakistan’s intelligence chief, met with leaders of a number of Afghan political parties, including Abdul Rashid Dostum, Atta Mohammad Noor and Mohammad Mohaqiq, in Ankara, Turkey, on Friday, according to a source as reported by the Independent Persian site.
According to the report, the Pakistani side shared its concerns over the security situation in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, some analysts say that if the meeting were to take place, Pakistan’s intelligence chief might have promised the leaders of the political parties support for the Islamic Emirate.
Mirbat Khan Mangal, an expert on political affairs and a former member of the Wolesi Jirga, said that according to his information, Pakistani officials had earlier asked these politicians to meet and discuss some issues.
According to him, the visit may have taken place, but groups based in Pakistan or, if supported by Pakistan, when they reached their goals, withdrew support from Pakistan and opted for another option to make Afghanistan insecure.
According to Mirbat Khan, a former member of the Wolesi Jirga, the intelligence services of the region are also trying to meet with Afghan politicians living in other countries for their own purposes.
Dr. Moin Khan Samkani, leader of the Right and Justice Party and an expert on the political issues, said that if the leaders of these political parties had met with the leader of the ISI, then Pakistan was trying to show the world that it still has influence over the matters, and can work to bring peace and political stability.
He added that Pakistan’s other motive may have been that after the deadly attacks in the country and despite the Islamic Emirate’s denial of it, Pakistani officials said the attack was led by India from Afghanistan.
According to him, Pakistan now wants to meet with representatives of political parties and threaten the Islamic Emirate that Islamabad could also pose a threat to the Taliban if they did not counter India.
He told Salam Watandar: “If this trip has taken place, one of the aims may be that if you interfere in our internal affairs, we will activate your opponents as in the past and we will work against you to destabilize and worsen security.”
It is to be noted that there were earlier concerns of mistrust between Pakistan and the Islamic Emirate. Fighting also broke out between the two sides after the Islamic Emirate stopped Pakistan from erecting a barbed wire fence on the Durand Line, according to some reports.
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