Although Afghan President Ashraf Ghani affirms daily his adherence to a peaceful solution, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan recently revealed that he asked him to intervene militarily to stop the progress of the Taliban movement.

Khan's speech came amid the acceleration of the collapse of government forces in the face of the Taliban's advance, and in parallel with diplomatic efforts in Washington, Doha, Tehran, Beijing and Moscow to search for a peaceful solution to the conflict.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed that he refused a request by the Afghan president to carry out military action by the Pakistani army against the Taliban movement.

The Taliban movement recently strengthened its presence on the border with Pakistan, and began collecting taxes from merchants at a major crossing between the two countries, stressing that Pakistan will never resort to the use of military force.

Not only did Khan reject direct military intervention against the Taliban, but he also rejected security involvement in the crisis.

"They asked us to stop the transit of fighters from Pakistan to Afghanistan, and we said that the Afghans tell us where the fighters cross from and we will take measures against them, and we know that half of Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban and there is no need to use the territory of Pakistan," Khan said.

The Afghan president raised the issue of dealing with families of Taliban fighters residing in Pakistan.

Khan's response was also decisive in this aspect, as he stressed his refusal to imprison these families, in order to avoid complicating the relationship with the Taliban.

Khan said, "The presence of these families enabled us to pressure the Taliban and persuade them to negotiate with the Americans. If they imprisoned their families, they would not respond to us."

"The Afghan government wants us to carry out military action against those who sympathize with the Taliban or against the Taliban leaders residing here, but, our position is clear, we will do everything except the use of military force," he added.

This position is consistent with previous statements in which Khan stressed that military intervention would not lead to stability in Afghanistan.


Concession and victory

And yesterday, Wednesday, the Pakistani Prime Minister said that the United States of America spoiled matters in Afghanistan, and that it searched for a military solution in Afghanistan, and then resorted to negotiating with the Taliban to find a political solution.

Khan added in an interview with the American channel "PBS" that the United States was forced to negotiate with the Taliban after it felt the failure of its military solutions.

He considered that the position of the United States was weak when it entered into negotiations with the Taliban, noting that the Taliban considers the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan as a victory for it.

He believed that it is very difficult to ask the Taliban to make concessions, and that the best solution for Afghanistan is a political consensus that includes all parties.

He explained that the continuation of the internal war in Afghanistan for a long time means the continued flow of refugees to Pakistan.

Khan stressed that his country desires to be a partner of the United States of America in achieving peace and stability, not in war.

The level of violence in Afghanistan has escalated since the beginning of last May with the withdrawal of US forces from the country, and it is scheduled to be completed by August 31, according to what US President Joe Biden announced.

This withdrawal will end a military intervention that has lasted 20 years in the poor country since an international military coalition led by Washington in 2001 toppled the rule of the Taliban, because it was linked at the time to al-Qaeda, which adopted attacks in the United States in September of that year.