{"id":16328,"date":"2017-08-29T12:29:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T07:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=16328"},"modified":"2017-08-29T12:29:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T07:29:31","slug":"pakistan-china-to-accelerate-reconciliation-efforts-for-afghan-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=16328","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, China to accelerate reconciliation efforts for Afghan peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ISLAMABAD Aug. 29 (TNS):<\/strong> Chinese special envoy on Afghanistan Deng Xijun called on Pakistan\u2019s foreign secretary Tehmina Janjua in the capital Islamabad on Monday and discussed efforts for lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>China reaffirmed its \u201ccontinuing and firm\u201d support for Pakistan\u2019s efforts to achieve peace and stability in neighboring Afghanistan &#8212; a move seen as a rejection of US President Donald Trump\u2019s recent allegations that Islamabad is harboring terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had accused Pakistan of harboring \u201cagents of chaos\u201d and providing safe havens for militant groups waging an insurgency against the U.S.-backed government in Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistani officials responded by saying the U.S. should not make Pakistan a \u201cscapegoat\u201d and accused the American military of failing to eliminate militant sanctuaries inside Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese special envoy emphasized there was no military solution to the conflict. He underlined the need for a politically negotiated settlement through an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned peace process.<\/p>\n<p>Deng Xijun has reaffirmed China\u2019s continuing and firm support to Pakistan\u2019s commitment and efforts for peace and stability in Afghanistan. He lauded Pakistan\u2019s contribution and sacrifices made in the fight against terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan\u2019s efforts towards eliminating the scourge of terrorism should be fully recognized by the international community,\u201d Xijun said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD Aug. 29 (TNS): Chinese special envoy on Afghanistan Deng Xijun called on Pakistan\u2019s foreign secretary Tehmina Janjua in the capital Islamabad on Monday and discussed efforts for lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan. China reaffirmed its \u201ccontinuing and firm\u201d support for Pakistan\u2019s efforts to achieve peace and stability in neighboring Afghanistan &#8212; a move [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,23],"tags":[118,589],"class_list":["post-16328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad","category-national","tag-islamabad","tag-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16330,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16328\/revisions\/16330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}