Staff Reporter Lahore
Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Sirajul Haq and Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan top leader Engineer Gulbuddin Hekmatyar have agreed that Afghanistan needs a true representative government of Afghan people to achieve the long desired peace and political stability in the war torn country.
Addressing a reception in honor of Engineer Hekmatyar here at Mansoora on Saturday, Sirajul Haq proposed that the US and other international powers should announce a Marshall Plan like aid-package to meet the challenge of reconstruction of Afghanistan.
The Afghan leader, who also served as prime minister of Afghanistan, visited the JI headquarters in Lahore along with a delegation to discuss the emerging political situation in his country and other matters of mutual interests.
The JI leadership backed the efforts of the Hizb-e-Islami and Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan for the establishment of peace in the country and expressed satisfaction that both sides (Hizb, Taliban) were on a same page regarding the future of Afghanistan.
Islam and Afghanistan were indispensible for each other, agreed the JI and Hizb.
Hikmatyar announced that delegations of Hizb-e-Islami would participate in Moscow conference on Afghanistan and also in the peace talks which are being hosted by Turkey next month.
Around 95 percent NATO forces left the Afghanistan soil and the remaining five percent were ready to leave, he said, adding the US forces should also leave the country as soon as possible for the better cause to establish peace in the area.
He appreciated the efforts of the JI and people of Pakistan for the liberation of Afghan soil from foreign forces.
