A two-day “International Conference on US-NATO exit from Afghanistan: Challenges and Options Beyond 2014” concluded on Thursday at National University of Modern Languages (NUML). The NUML Department of International Relations, Conflict and Peace Studies had arranged the conference.
Scholars from abroad and across Pakistan who addressed the conference called for sustained international effort for promoting peace and stability in Afghanistan after the drawdown of US-NATO forces from Afghanistan in 2014.
Speakers highlighted Pakistan’s importance in promoting peace in Afghanistan in the interest of international security.
Ambassador George Savuica, President Romanian Institute for European Asian Studies, who chaired a session on Thursday, stressed the need for taking political and economic measures in Afghanistan by the international community to promote peace and stability in that country.
He said Pakistan is the foremost country committed to promoting peace in Afghanistan but other regional countries as well as the world at large should also contribute towards this goal. He also said the problem in Afghanistan should be resolved following the ASEAN model.
Prof Dr Pervez Iqbal Cheema, Dean Faculty of Contemporary Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad, gave a thorough analysis of the Afghan situation from a historic perspective. He said Pakistan has suffered most from instability in Afghanistan and has been making strenuous efforts to promote peace and stability in that country.
