This requires that Pakistan’s and Iran’s interests be included in this consensus, as well as India’s, Saudi Arabia’s and probably also China’s. (The Kashmir conflict must, indirectly, play a role in this settlement, but the difficulties of including it should not be underestimated.)
其次，协调各方，就阿富汗的前途达成共识。这也有助于遏止巴基斯坦进一步滑向内乱，要知道巴基斯坦可是拥有核武器的国家。这样一个共识必须照顾到巴基斯坦、伊朗、印度、沙特阿拉伯甚至中国的利益（克什米尔地区冲突必然会间接影响这一共识的形成，不过要把它纳入议程的难度不容低估）。促成这一共识并不是一个轻松的外交使命，但它并非不可完成。应召开一次新的阿富汗问题国际会议，把这个目标明确起来。