Graham suggests FTA with Pakistan as an incentive
3 January 2019. Pajhwok Afghan News. Washington, DC
After returning from Afghanistan, where he had a first-hand experience of ground realities, a top American senator has sought a free trade agreement (FTA) with Pakistan as an incentive for pushing the Taliban into peace talks.
“See if we can go to Pakistan and put a free trade agreement on the table to get the Pakistanis to push the Taliban to the peace table, and you can end the Afghan war,” Senator Lindsay Graham told the CNN in an interview.
Graham added: “Right now, after having been back from Afghanistan, I can tell you that ISIS is on the rise in Afghanistan.”
“But if Pakistan would help us, we could get Taliban to the table and end the war in Afghanistan. Our presence then would be focused on counterterrorism and ISIS,” Graham concluded.
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