BEIJING: A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, while commenting on the meeting of Afghanistan Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS) on Tuesday said this consensus could create a sound environment for peace and stability in Afghanistan as well as peace and development of the two countries and the region.
“We believe this consensus can create a sound environment for peace and stability for Afghanistan as well as peace and development of the two countries and the region,” Lu Kang said during his regular press briefing held here.
Both Afghanistan and Pakistan had agreed in the meeting held in Islamabad on Monday that effective and full implementation of APAPPS would contribute toward the common objectives of eliminating terrorism and achieving peace, stability, prosperity, and development of the people of the two countries.
The spokesperson said as a neighbor and friend of the two states, the Chinese side was willing to play a constructive role in this regard and promote trilateral cooperation.
In pursuance of the seven principles agreed in the meeting between Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi during his visit to Kabul last month, the two sides had finalized the Afghanistan Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS).
APAPPS provides a framework to strengthen mutual trust and deepen interaction in all spheres of bilateral engagements. It is also a mechanism for finding solutions to bilateral areas of concern.
Pak-Afghan consensus may create sound environment for peace, development in region — China
Pak-Afghan consensus may create sound environment for peace, development in region — China
- Both Afghanistan and Pakistan had agreed in the meeting held in Islamabad on Monday that effective and full implementation of APAPPS would contribute toward the common objectives of eliminating terrorism and achieving peace
- A Chinese foreign ministry spokespersons aid as a neighbor and friend of the two states, the Chinese side was willing to play a constructive role in this regard and promote trilateral cooperation
Gunmen kill two cops in Pakistan’s restive northwest
- The policemen were killed in separate incidents in Tank and Lakki Marwat districts of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
- No group immediately claimed responsibility for killings, which come a day after police killed eight militants in Karak district
PESHAWAR: Unidentified gunmen on Monday shot dead two policemen in separate incidents in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, police said, amid a surge in militancy in the province bordering Afghanistan.
In the first incident, gunmen abducted Sajjad Hussain, a police constable who was traveling home on leave, in KP’s Tank district and later shot him dead, according to district police spokesman Younus Khan.
“The martyred constable, Sajjad Hussain, was posted at the Nasran checkpoint,” Khan told Arab News. “He was intercepted, forced off his vehicle, and shot on Shah Alam–Nasran Road by militants.”
Another policeman, Assistant Sub-Inspector Mumtaz Ali, who was posted in Tank, was shot dead by gunmen in Pezu area of the nearby Lakki Marwat district, according to the Tank district police spokesman.
“The officer, who was posted in Tank, was on his way to his duty station when assailants intercepted his vehicle, forced him out, and opened fire, killing him on the spot,” Khan added.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the killings, which come a day after police killed eight militants in KP’s Karak district.
Pakistan has struggled to contain a surge in militancy in KP in recent years. Militant groups such as the Pakistani Taliban, or the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), have frequently targeted convoys of security forces, police stations and check-posts besides kidnapping government officials in the region.
Islamabad has frequently accused Afghanistan of allowing its soil and India of backing militant groups, including the TTP, for attacks against Pakistan. Kabul and New Delhi have consistently denied this.
