Afghan Taliban officials were due in Pakistan on Wednesday, the insurgent group ...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, ISLAMABAD - Afghan Taliban officials were due in Pakistan on Wednesday, the insurgent group said, even as the top U.S. diplomat involved in talks with the militants also met government officials there.
He later assumed the role of the Taliban’s chief negotiator with the United States on a withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan. The top U.S. negotiator in the talks, Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, met Pakistani counterparts in Islamabad this week, following discussions between U.S. President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in the United States the previous week.
The United States has long considered Pakistani cooperation as crucial to efforts to end war in Afghanistan. The Taliban also planned to follow up on Khan’s recent comments, that he would try to convince Trump to resume the talks, the Taliban official said. “No progress will be imminent if a peace process is not owned and led by the Afghan government,” he said.Taliban officials have in recent days visited Russia, China and Iran.
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