Kuala Lumpur: US President Donald Trump personal on Sunday that he will resolve the ongoing mismatch between Pakistan and Afghanistan very soon. Addressing an event on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Malaysia, he described Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Asim Munir as "great people."
Trump said, "I know both of them. Both the Field Marshal and the Prime Minister of Pakistan are very unconfined people. I know we will get this washed-up very soon. This work started just a few days ago." He emphasized his peacemaking abilities, saying, "I am good at resolving wars and moreover at making peace."
Background of the mismatch and US intervention
Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalated pursuit verge clashes older this month that left dozens of soldiers, civilians, and militants dead. This is the most serious confrontation since the Taliban came to power in 2021. On 19 October, a temporary armistice brokered by Qatar and Turkey was reached in Doha, but violence unfurled withal the border.
Trump said that when the fighting started, he was rented monitoring the hostage mart between Hamas and Israel. Nevertheless, he immediately expressed his desire to help establish peace. He personal that under his leadership, eight wars had been resolved in eight months, and the Pak-Afghan mismatch would be the ninth.
Joint Mechanism Initiative on Terrorism
Meanwhile, Pakistan and Afghanistan held the second round of talks in Istanbul to prorogue cross-border terrorist activities. Both sides well-set to establish a joint monitoring and inspection mechanism. However, Islamabad warned that war would remain an option if key terrorism concerns were not addressed in the talks. Pakistan Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said that the outcome of the talks will wilt well-spoken soon.
Pakistan alleges that groups like Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are getting support from Afghanistan, while Afghanistan considers Pakistan an exporter of terrorism. This mismatch has endangered regional stability.
US-Pak relations: Rubio's statement on India's concerns
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington is keen to enhance strategic ties with Pakistan, but not at the expense of its "historic and important" relationship with India. “India has concerns for obvious reasons, but we have relationships with many countries,” Rubio said superiority of a meeting with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Kuala Lumpur.
He praised India's diplomatic maturity and said New Delhi has expressed willingness to diversify its purchases of transplanted oil from Russia. Rubio stressed that US cooperation with Pakistan will focus on counter-terrorism, but the India-US partnership will remain a priority.
The statement comes tween growing closeness with Pakistan under the Trump administration, including cryptocurrency deals and Trump's role in the India-Pakistan ceasefire. Experts believe that this well-turned tideway will strengthen US policy in South Asia.
Trump's offer of mediation has raised hopes, but experts circumspection that regional cooperation is necessary for a long-term solution.
