Ashraf Ghani slams Pakistan, asks it to convince Taliban to cease hostilities in Afghanistan

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Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani slammed Pakistan for not severing its ties with terrorist organizations and groups in his speech at the Central and South Asia connectivity in Uzbekistan’s Tashkent on July 16. Hesaid that according to intelligence reports over 10,000 ‘jihadis’ had entered Afghanistan in the last month, while the Imran-Khan Pak government had failed to convince the Taliban to ‘negotiate seriously’ in the ongoing peace talks. Meanwhile, Imran Khan said, ‘To blame Pakistan for what is going on in Afghanistan and Taliban is not fair.’