Trump ready to broker ceasefire deal between Pakistan, Afghanistan

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said that he was ready to broker ceasefire deal between Pakistan and Afghanistan, saying, “That’s an easy one for me to solve if I have to solve it.”

Talking to newsmen at White House, President Trump said that he had de-escalated eight global conflicts in the preceding eight months, where he cited the Pakistan-India conflict and the Gaza peace plan as examples.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif this week hailed Trump for his “exemplary” leadership as world leaders signed a declaration meant to cement a ceasefire and captive-prisoner swap in Gaza.

Sharif has twice endorsed Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize, citing his Gaza peace plan and brokering of a ceasefire during a Pakistan-India standoff in May.

“All of these wars had nothing to do with us, but I saved tens of millions of lives. The Prime Minister of Pakistan said I saved millions of lives in interceding on Pakistan, and you look at Pakistan and India as an example. That would have been a bad one, two nuclear nations, right?” he said.

The development came as Pakistan and Afghanistan on Friday agreed to extend their 48-hour ceasefire until the conclusion of planned talks in Doha, Reuters reported citing its Pakistani and Afghan Taliban sources. Monitoring Desk