NATO report says Pakistan wants peace deal in Afghanistan

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NATO report says Pakistan wants peace deal in
Afghanistan

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• A report of the NATO Defence College in Rome has
  said in a major new report that Pakistan doesnt
  want the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, pushing
  Taliban to make concessions for a political deal
  but outside players like India are against an
  interim government.

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• ???? ???? ????? the 104-page report is part of
  the NATO Defence Colleges NDC Research Papers
  Series that sheds light on various issues related
  to Afghanistan following the US announcement to
  withdraw troops from the war-torn country.

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• Chapters on Pakistan and India have been written,
  respectively, by Siegfried. Wolf and Rahul
  Roy-Chaudhury, and defence experts from UKs
  defence think-tanks IISS and RUSI have
  contributed.

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• The paper says that regional powers agree that
  the conflict must be resolved through a political
  process most advocate some form of power sharing
  with the Taliban but do not want a full Taliban
  takeover. 

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• The report says that Pakistan accepts that
  Taliban would have a significant role, but in
  coalition with other political forces Russia
  and probably China also support replacing
  Ashraf Ghani with a more inclusive interim
  government in which the Taliban play a role.

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• These views are balanced by non-Taliban power
  brokers like Iran that may be willing to accept a
  power-sharing arrangement if its interests are
  protected but India remains opposed to an interim
  government, fearing it will lead to a Taliban
  takeover and embed Pakistans influence but at
  the same time they are not ready to back the
  Ghani administration with military support.