Pakistan UN envoy says Biden's decision to pull out from Afghanistan was 'logical'

Pakistan's ambassador at the United Nations said US President Joe Biden's endorsement of the previous American administrations' decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan was “a logical conclusion to this conflict.”

Munir Akram told reporters at UN headquarters in New York on Monday that the international community must now work together “to ensure an inclusive political settlement for a long-term peace, security and development of Afghanistan.”

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He said Pakistan's stance “that the conflict in Afghanistan never had a military solution” has been confirmed.

The envoy said the best time to end the conflict through negotiations probably was when US and NATO troops were at a maximum military strength in Afghanistan.

Akram added that “therefore, endorsement by the Biden administration of the previous US administrations' decision of troop withdrawal was indeed a logical conclusion to this conflict.”

Akram said leaders of a number of Afghan political parties and groups “representing all the multiethnic groups apart from the Pashtuns” are in Pakistan's capital and met with the foreign minister and other leaders Monday. He said Pakistan will work with them and with Taliban representatives to advance the goal of an inclusive political government.