Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, discussed the implications for Afghanistan’s peace process and the future of the country, with VOA’s Ayesha Tanzeem.
A charity closely linked to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e Taiba, a group blamed for a series of deadly 2008 attacks in the Indian port city Mumbai that left 166 dead, wants to be allowed to take aid into the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
Pakistan is hesitant to take action against the Afghan Taliban on its soil because of concerns the group will redirect its violence against Islamabad.