Daily calls for joint Iran-Pakistan-Afghan fight with terrorism

Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan can jointly steer the region out of trouble, a leading Pakistani daily said on Monday.‘The Nation’ said in its editorial that restoration of peaceful conditions, no doubt an uphill task under the present circumstances, would have better chances of success.

The newspaper commenting on the two-day international conference on Global Fight against Terrorism in Tehran said as Asif Zardari, Hamid Karzai and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad committed, along with participants from other countries, respect for one another’s sovereignty would be assured.

“There would be much less loss of human life, which in the eyes of the invaders seems to have little value, and it would, in all likelihood, be much quicker to achieve reconciliation and understanding with the disaffected lot that has turned militants and bring them back into the mainstream of life,” viewed ‘Nation’.

It said that ‘there would neither be killer drones hovering over our skies, mercilessly massacring civilian population, nor any threat to our sovereignty’.

“The Leader Of Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei has rightly said that the drones are spreading the menace of terrorism,” said the newspaper.

It opined the deaths of innocent people outrage fellow tribesmen, converting them to the deadly cult of militancy to wreak vengeance upon those who seem to have facilitated the aerial attacks.

‘The Nation’ stated that addressing the conference, Mr. Zardari maintained that fighting terrorism successfully required global efforts and warned against the senseless use of force and violation of sovereignty and territorial integrity to achieve this purpose.

“The Americans, have miserably failed in their 10-year long military solution, frequently stepping on Pakistan’s toes to violate sovereignty,” it said.