ISLAMABAD: An Afghan Taliban political team that arrived in Islamabad on Monday as part of efforts to help launch peace talks between the Kabul government and the insurgents will meet Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi today, Tuesday, the foreign office has said.
The Taliban delegation is headed by their political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and will discuss “recent developments in Afghanistan’s peace process” with Pakistani leaders, as well as “relaxation and facilitation of people’s movement and trade between the two neighboring countries,” according to a tweet by the spokesman for the Taliban political office.
In a press conference on Monday morning, Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the meetings were meant to further the “aim” of bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan.
“I have invited them again and will have a detailed meeting with them tomorrow,” he told reporters, saying he would share the outcome of the talks with the media.
The foreign office has also confirmed Qureshi’s meeting with the Taliban delegation today.
The Afghan Taliban political team last visited Islamabad in October 2019.
Other members of the visiting Taliban team include Khairullah Khairkhwa, Mohammad Nabi Omari, Shahbuddin Dilawar, Qari Deen Muhammad and Abdul Latif Mansoor.
