Beware of spoilers in and outside Afghanistan: FM tells parties after US-Taliban deal.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi Sunday while congratulating the Taliban and the US leadership over Afghan peace deal urged all the parties to beware of the spoilers and not to let them overcome the peace process.

'We cannot neglect it. Spoilers are there, both in Afghanistan and outside Afghanistan. All of you will have to keep strict vigilance on those spoilers,' the foreign minister said addressing a press briefing after his return from Doha where he represented Pakistan in the signing ceremony of Afghan peace deal.

He told media persons that after the signing ceremony, he had interacted with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and had called for devising a mechanism to identify and blame and shame the spoilers who would play any negative role.

He said after the peace deal, it was test of the Afghan leadership as whether they would show flexibility and take decisions beyond their own interests.

He said the leadership coming from various countries had lauded Pakistan's facilitative role in the peace process even those who used to criticize Pakistan in the past.

Qureshi said he also asked Pompeo to maintain the positive momentum to keep the peace process moving through different confidence building measures like the release of prisoners as had also been committed in the agreement.

He said the intra-Afghan dialogue should not be delayed unnecessarily to keep the people's hopes alive and that the political uncertainties should also be addressed inside Afghanistan to not let it overcome the process.

Moreover, he said the United States would have to mobilize the support and resources for post-conflict reconstruction of Afghanistan and return of refugees from Pakistan.

He also briefed media about his meetings with the counterparts from Central Asian States, Turkey, Norway and Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and stressed for enhancement of regional connectivity and trade cooperation.

To a question, the foreign minister said the release of prisoners was logical as it was...