Pakistan should stay away from Afghanistan's internal affairs: Maryam Nawaz

• Pakistan should accept the decision of the Afghan people, says PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz.
• Pakistan should work with the international community for the rehabilitation of Afghan people, says PML-N leader.
• A day earlier, the Taliban announced the first members of a new "acting" government.

LAHORE: PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz Wednesday said Pakistan should accept the decision of the Afghan people and stay away from the country's internal affairs. 

Speaking about the new interim government formed in Afghanistan, the PML-N leader said: Afghanistan is an independent country and “Pakistan should not impose its decisions on them.”

“We [Pakistan] should not interfere in the internal politics and affairs of Afghanistan,” she said, adding that the people of Afghanistan have long faced war-like conditions.

Maryam went on to say that Pakistan should work with the international community for the rehabilitation of the Afghan people as well as the reconstruction of the country. 

However, she once again reiterated that Pakistan should “stay away from Afghanistan's internal affairs.”

A day earlier, the Taliban announced the first members of a new "acting" government, three weeks after sweeping into full power with the takeover of Kabul, on August 15.

The new cabinet is made up of senior Taliban figures and it will be led by Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund.

Commenting on the development, in a brief interview with BBC World, the Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said he had learnt of the caretaker setup in Afghanistan on the programme's intro and so thought it would be too soon to comment on it. "I think it would be premature to comment at this time," he told the BBC anchor.