Jan Achakzai

Paris Talks for Afghan reconciliation, positive step: Jan Achakzai VOA Urdu As just concluded Paris Talks are going to be a helpful step in intra-Afghan reconciliation process, the Taliban are gearing for political dialogue, said Afghan affairs' expert Jan Achakzai while to talking to VOA (Urdu)'s leading Anchorperson Syed Qamar Abbas Jafari.(Abridged version of the interview) .

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I am the second generation in my family to have the honour to serve my Pashtun community . It started from a small village in Balochistan's Pishin district when my late father Abdul Nabi Khan Achakzai joined Late Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai Shaheed in his fight against the English imperialism. Since my father spent nearly 2 decades of his life in South India, he knew what it meant to be under the subjugation of English Raj what he used to refer to "Farangi Raj". After partition, he continued to struggle with Khan Shaheed against various dictators in Pakistan. It was due to my father that we all brothers unconsciously knew only one party and one politics: Khan Shaheed's political heir e.g., the PMAP's nationalist politics. This is why my late brother Zarif Khan Achakzai Shaheed during Zia Ul Haq's harsh rule, participated in nationalist struggle for democracy. He was frequently arrested due to his political activities under the banner of the PMAP. He wa...