Pakistan PM Imran Khan reiterates support to Afghan peace process
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December 17, 2020 17:33 IST
The two leaders spoke on December 16 as the Doha-based Taliban’s Political Commission arrived in Islamabad on a three-day visit and met Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.
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The two leaders spoke on December 16 as the Doha-based Taliban’s Political Commission arrived in Islamabad on a three-day visit and met Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has spoken to Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and reiterated his support to the Afghan-led and owned peace process in the war-torn country.
Taliban meet top Pakistani diplomat on peace process
Taliban meet top Pakistani diplomat on peace process
17th Dec 2020
By Islamuddin Sajid and Aamir Latif
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): A delegation of the Afghan Taliban met with Pakistan’s top diplomat Wednesday to discuss the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan.
The delegation, led by the group’s deputy chief, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, arrived on a three-day visit to Islamabad on Wednesday morning and visited Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
Reaffirming Pakistan’s support for a “peaceful, stable, united, sovereign and prosperous Afghanistan,” Qureshi said Islamabad would continue to “facilitate” the peace effort, according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry.
Pakistan, Afghan Taliban call for US to resume peace talks
Khalilzad, Taliban may meet in Islamabad
Afghan Taliban delegation at the FO. PHOTO: RADIO PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban on Thursday called for a resumption of peace talks with the US as soon as possible , as top leaders of the insurgents group met Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
The delegation-level talks between the Taliban led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and the Pakistani leadership rekindled hopes for the revival of peace process, which was called off last month by US President Donald Trump over the killing of an American soldier in Kabul.