Pakistani officials, Taliban meet in Islamabad to discuss Afghan talks

Pakistan said on Tuesday that it would continue to support an “Afghan-led” and Afghan-owned”peace process in Afghanistan for peace and stability in the region. “he Foreign Minister emphasized the implementation of the U.S.-Taliban Peace Agreement, in its entirety, paving the way for the earliest possible commencement of Intra-Afghan Negotiations,” the Foreign Office said after a meeting between Taliban delegates and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. A delegation of the Afghan Taliban headed by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived in Islamabad on August 23 on the invitation of Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is the second visit of members of the Afghan Taliban to Pakistan since October 2019. The foreign minister told the Afghan Taliban that the stakeholders in Afghanistan must seize the opportunity to “secure an inclusive, broad-based and comprehensive negotiated political solution” in Afghanistan. The Foreign Minister also underscored the need for creati...