Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani meets with Pakistan's
Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, in Kabul, Afghanistan May 10,
2021. Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS
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Pakistan's Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa
walks during his visit in Kabul, Afghanistan May 10, 2021. Presidential
Palace/Handout via REUTERS
There were plenty of more dogs to pet for the Duchess as she
went inside the centre to speak to members of the Pakistani Army.
British troops are currently giving training and advice to
Pakistan's Counter Improvised Explosive Device (CIED) programme, which in part
breeds and trains bomb sniffer dogs
The Pakistani army chief offered Islamabad's support for the
Afghanistan peace process in a meeting with President Ashraf Ghania in Kabul on
Monday amid growing violence as the United States withdraws its troops.
Britain's chief of defence staff also attended the meeting.
Pakistan is a key player in moves to resolve the conflict
between the Western-backed government and the Taliban insurgents.
In the past, Islamabad has been accused of harbouring the
Taliban but in recent years Washington and other Western powers have
acknowledged its efforts to push the militant group to take part in peace
talks.
Pakistani Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa reiterated
to Ghania that "a peaceful Afghanistan means a peaceful region in general
and a peaceful Pakistan in particular," a Pakistani military statement
said.
"We will always support 'Afghan led-Afghan owned' Peace
Process based on mutual consensus of all stakeholders," it said.
General Bajwa was accompanied by British Chief of Defence
Staff General Nicholas Patrick Carter. Britain still has troops in Afghanistan
in a war that started with the overthrow of a Taliban government following the
2001 attacks by Islamist militants in the United States.
In recent weeks, Pakistan has been negotiating with the
insurgents to try to get them to commit to a ceasefire, Taliban and diplomatic
sources have told Reuters.