Path to regional peace, stability passes through Afghanistan: COAS

RAWALPINDI, Feb 13 (APP):Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa Tuesday reiterated that the path
to regional peace and stability passed through Afghanistan.
He was speaking at the Chiefs of Defence (CHOD) Conference held at Kabul, said a statement issued here by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Commander USCENTCOM, Commander Resolute Support Mission (RSM) and Army Chiefs of
Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
also attended the Conference.
The conference concluded to continue cooperation for peace and stability in the
region.
The COAS said that regions developed as a whole, not individual countries. He said Pakistan
had eliminated all terrorist sanctuaries from its soil, however, residual
signatures of terrorists, who take advantage of presence of 2.7 million Afghan
refugees and absence of effective border security coordination, were also being
traced and targeted through ongoing operation Radd ul Fasaad.
He assured that Pakistani territory is not allowed to be used against any other country and Pakistan
expected the same in reciprocity.
He said that collaborative approach and persistence was the answer to all challenges, for which Pakistan was ready to play its part.