Voice of America, 12 November 2014
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will visits Islamabad later this week and is hoping for a “new beginning” in bilateral relations. AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this article:
Thomas Ruttig of the Afghanistan Analysts Network hopes Pakistan’s counter-militancy actions and President Ghani’s visit will lead to reduced tensions in bilateral ties.
“I think the change of head of state [in Afghanistan] is a new chance to improve relations and both countries will not be able to live without each other. If Afghans, including the government, see that Pakistan really changes its attitude also to protecting some of the networks within the Taliban, if they see a change there, then they would be happy to react positively too,” said Ruttig.
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This article was last updated on 9 Mar 2020
