Achakzai wants inclusion of US in Taliban peace talks

ISLAMABAD: Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) chief and MNA Mahmood Khan Achakzai Monday said that the United States should be included in talks with the Taliban.

In a heated address from the floor of the National Assembly, Achakzai sought the withdrawal of the army from FATA and claimed that Pakistan was interfering in Afghanistan. The PMAP chief blamed the armed forces for allowing militants in FATA and said the policy of good and bad Taliban needs to be stopped.

“US is not mad in carrying out drone strikes worth millions (of dollars); it is true that we are interfering in Afghanistan … the time is limited …. the entire world has become our enemy … the allegations leveled against us have been proved … Osama was caught from near the ISSB Training Academy …. we sold the nuclear bomb while neighbouring countries including China are not happy with us.”

Achakzai added that he would quit the assembly, if the establishment was not reined in within 2-3 years.