ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has productively mobilised the obsolete six-plus-two talks method to oppose the US pressure concerning giving India a “better role” in warn-torn Afghanistan’s rehabilitation.
Afghanistan’s instant neighbours – Pakistan, Iran, China, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as the US, are gathering today (Tuesday) in Turkey to talk about the circumstances in Afghanistan and to take stock of events for the restoration of peace in the country. The unique “six-plus-two” also built-in Russia, but in the new set up Moscow symbol has been replace by the United Kingdom.

The Chinese foreign minister and senior officials from Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Afghanistan will attend the meeting, which will also be attended by British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and US Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke’s deputy, Paul Jones.

political sources said Pakistan has been lobby for the renewal of talks in the middle of Afghanistan’s neighbours in arrange to foil Indian design of gaining a grip on Afghan soil. Pakistan believes India is not an immediate neighbour of Afghanistan and therefore should have incomplete role in the country.

Turkey has been ask to call together the gathering, as it enjoy the support and trust of Pakistan and is conventional as a unbiased party for promote a common approach to the conflict. The conference will urge regional players to work together in order to stabilise Afghanistan and the area.

The revitalization of the talks group has come at a vital juncture – on Thursday, around 50 nations will be gathering at the London meeting to discuss the Afghan issue and on purpose on events to help the war-ravaged nation. The organisers of the London Conference, like the US, are trying to convince Pakistan on accepting the greater Indian role in Afghanistan.
Destabilisation: “It is not possible for us to give India a role in Afghanistan as it is using

Afghan soil to destabilise Pakistan. Also, India has been traditionally allied with Russia and played a part in the obliteration of Afghanistan,” sources said. They said the last gathering of the six-plus-two group was held before the 9/11 attack and the Taliban had decided to give 80 percent of symbol in the Afghan government to the Northern Alliance. “Since then, fortunes have upturned and the Taliban have lost the government. Now the six-plus-two group will try to pave the way for the participation of the Taliban in the new government,” sources said.

The alliance forces badly need mouthful of air space in Afghanistan next a lethal 2009, in which the force lost at least 504 soldiers, including 305 US and 108 British troops. Sources said US-led armed forces were giving a consideration to Pakistan’s point of view on the Afghan conflict, an idea substantiate by US Defence Secretary Robert Gates’ statement during a recent visit to Pakistan that said that Washington was with Pakistan and support its efforts for stillness in Afghanistan.

The attendance of both the UK and the US at the Turkish plan speaks volume about their attention in a local solution.

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