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Charges, counter-charges will not help: Quereshi

COLOMBO: Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Quereshi said here on Thursday that Islamabad’s response to a blast outside the Pakistan consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, was “measured” and it adopted the same attitude towards the blast outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul.

“We believe charges and counter-charges would not help. It is easy to indulge in blame game. What we need is solutions to resolve issues,” he told journalists.

The Minister said that in talks with his Afghan counterpart he maintained that terrorism was a challenge which had to be met collectively.

Asked about the reported statement by a CIA official that elements in Pakistan’s establishment were attempting to undermine the campaign of the allied forces in Afghanistan, he said that Pakistan itself was a victim of terrorism and it had been in the forefront in the fight against terror.

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