PRIME Minister Nawaz Sharif`s meetings with Afghan President Ghani in Paris and later in Islamabad offer an opportunity tor the two counties to strengthen their ties and resume the peace process with the Afghan Taliban. A peaceful Afghanistan is neededfora peacefulPakistan.
For the process to resume soon and remain transparent, Pakistan will have to demonstrate its neutrality, as it can no longer afford to mollycoddle `good` Taliban or alienate the `bad` ones. After the Pakistan-brokered Murree talks in July this year, Kabul was resentful at being kept in the dark about Mullah Omar`s death. Both countries needed to take some positive steps to tackle terrorism and extremism.
