Calling for measures to end the prevailing stalemate, Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Sunday underlined the need for making efforts to restore peace in Afghanistan. According to a press release issued from Watan Kor - the headquarters of the party - he said all the stakeholders should join hands to restore stability in the war-torn country as it had been in conflict for the last four decades. On the occasion, a group of Awami National Party workers from Shangla district including Anwar Ali Khan Ghorbandi, Mohammad Saleem, Mohammad Afzal, Farzand Ali, Fateh Hassan and Akbar Ali announced joining the QWP.

They expressed confidence in the QWP leadership and vowed to work hard for strengthening the party in the remote district. QWP Shangla chapter organizer Shah Saud Advocate was also present.

Aftab Sherpao said all the stakeholders should exercise prudence at this critical juncture in a bid to bring Afghanistan out of the quagmire. He cautioned that any step taken in haste would have regional and global consequences and foment more violence and insecurity for the Afghans, who have suffered for decades.

He also called for the continuity of the democratic process in Afghanistan so that the Afghans could elect their representatives. He said peace was a prerequisite for development and the region could not prosper unless stability was restored to Afghanistan.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019