Defence experts term Zardari visit to Kabul as significant

ISLAMABAD: The defence and strategic experts termed President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to Kabul as significant strategically in the perspective of recent emerging scenario of the region, especially Afghanistan.

Talking to a private news channel on Wednesday, Gen (R) Jamshed Ayaz Khan has appreciated the visits of President Asif Ali Zardari to Iran and Afghanistan.

He asked the US not to play great game in Afghanistan. He said that Pakistan's stability and peace is linked with peace and stability in Afghanistan.

Islamabad should help Kabul bring peace in that country to prove that we are the best friend of Afghans, he added.

He suggested that Turkish peace keeping troops should replace American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, otherwise, there might be new civil war.

Sumbol Khan, Senior Research Fellow Pakistan Strategic Institute Islamabad has said that President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to Kabul has great importance in the perspective of President's recent visit to Iran and US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

She said that President Asif Ali Zardari will proceed to Saudi Arabia after Afghanistan, which is also very important.

Dr. Zahid Anwar Khan, professor of Peshawar University, said bilateral visits of Pak-Afghan leadership in recent months will prove fruitful for both nations and countries, besides bring peace and stability in both sides of Durand Line.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011