US Analyst: Renewed Role for Pakistan in Afghan Peace Deal

Former advisor and political analyst to the Obama administration, Dr Barnett R Rubin, sees a ‘reborn’ role for Pakistan in US President Biden’s review of the US-Afghan deal.

“Given Biden’s call to review, a time has come when Pakistan is supposed to play its anchoring role in the US-Afghan Taliban peace deal with the support of other regional powers by re-collaborating the implementation of the agreement on the rescheduling of US troops withdrawal, the return of prisoners of war, ceasefire, UN sanctions on Taliban and future political roadmap that leads to an interim government in Afghanistan.”

Predicting that Biden’s administration will not undo the Afghan Peace Deal, Mr Rubin, during a webinar held under the auspices of Soch, a think tank, on Sunday proposed a “brief pause” to allow all stakeholders to renegotiate “in a spirit that benchmarks and other set goals envisioned in the agreements stay completely intact.”

“This is the stage when Pakistan and the rest of the region come in. The Taliban are likely to resist a delay in US troops pullout. If the US reaches an agreement with key countries Pakistan, China, Russia and eventually Iran after resuming the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or US-Iran nuclear deal and all regional players have a unified position to have a stable transition with US troops withdrawal, it is more likely that the Taliban will agree,” added Dr Barnett R Rubin.

President Biden is expected to play an effective role in engendering regional and international peace by exercising a realistic and pragmatic approach, said senior columnists Altaf Hussain Qureshi and Hafeezullah Niaz adding that Biden should be looking to reconstitute good relations with Pakistan.

“We believe that the Biden administration will support Pakistan’s efforts and help resolve the longstanding issue of Kashmir, which is the source of instability in the region.”

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