Kuala Lampur, Oct. 20 -- When Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to an immediate ceasefire in Doha - mediated by Qatar and Turkiye - it was hailed as a breakthrough between two uneasy neighbours long entangled in border skirmishes and mutual distrust. Yet, behind the official mediators stood another, quieter presence: Malaysia's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, serving as the Group Chair of Asean, whose philosophy of peace whispers rather than shouts.

His role was not formal nor declarative; it was moral and meditative. In a world accustomed to coercive diplomacy, Anwar's method represents a return to something older, purer, and profoundly South-east Asian - the art of whispering peace.

The whisper that moves mountains

Peace often...