ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan will soon extend a formal invitation to the representatives of the Afghan
Taliban to visit Islamabad as part of a latest diplomatic push to convince the insurgents for a permanent ceasefire and intra-Afghan dialogue, officials said here on Sunday.
Mohammad Nabi Omari (C-L), a
Taliban member formerly held by the US at Guantanamo Bay,
Taliban negotiator Abbas Stanikzai (C-R), and former
Taliban intelligence deputy Mawlawi Abdul Haq Wasiq (R) walk with other
Taliban members at the Intra Afghan Dialogue talks in Doha.
Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special envoy for Afghanistan recently declared the latest round of talks between the US and the
Taliban as the 'most productive' so far.
The seventh round of peace talks that started between the American and
Taliban officials in Doha has given hope to both sides for a breakthrough.
Summary: US negotiations confirm that Trump expects a major role for
Taliban in Kabul
Dashti shed light on the Pakistan-brokered peace talks between the US and the
Taliban, saying "Pakistan is obtaining credit out of brokering the talks and getting the
Taliban to the negotiations table" to cover its own domestic and international shortcomings.
For peace and political settlement in Afghanistan high profile scheduled meeting of Afghan
Taliban and America could not be held on February 18 in Islamabad.
Kabul -- Spokesperson Afghan
Taliban said that Pakistan will host the next session of US-Taliban talks.
IN what is being described as the most tangible step forward in the Afghan peace talks, US officials and the Afghan
Taliban seem to have come close to a deal on a draft framework that could bring to an end America's longest war.
Summary: ISLAMABAD, Jan 22 (ANI): The Afghan
Taliban has assured US' chief negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad that Aghanistan would never be used against any other country in future, according to a media report here.
KABUL -- Pakistan embassy in Kabul on Sunday confirmed the release of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the co-founder of the
Taliban movement and Mullah Abdul Samad Sani, also called Samad Sani, a
Taliban commander.
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan has released Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, a key member of the Afghan
Taliban, apparently facilitating the peace talks between the
Taliban group, Afghan government, and the United States.