Things are changing on the Afghan front with the Pakistan government looking committed to improving relations between the two countries. Once again, on Monday, Pakistan reasserted its commitment to the stability of the current Afghan government led by President Ghani. Speaking at the inauguration of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process conference on Monday, Adviser to the Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz promised that Pakistan would treat the enemies of Afghanistan as its own enemies. While he did not name the Taliban, Aziz said Pakistan supported an end to a conflict that has been raging for the last three decades. He asserted that Pakistan had asked the Afghan Taliban to return to the negotiating table. The good thing is that Pakistan has retreated from its old position on Afghanistan. Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have improved after President Ashraf Ghani’s visit to Pakistan in 2014.
