Afghan Taliban delegation arrives in Pakistan tonight
Last updated on: 23 August,2020 11:58 pm
The delegation will hold talks with the Pakistani leadership on the Afghan reconciliation process.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – A delegation of the Afghan Taliban’s led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will arrive in Islamabad tonight.
According to a statement issued on Sunday, Foreign Office spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhry said that the Afghan Taliban delegation is coming to Pakistan at the invitation of Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
The delegation will hold talks with the Pakistani leadership on the Afghan reconciliation process.
Taliban spokesman Sohail Shaheen took to the twitter to confirm the visit and said that Mullah Baradar would lead the delegation to Pakistan at the invitation of the Pakistani Foreign Ministry.
He wrote in the tweet that the officials of the Islamic Emirate regularly visit other countries of the world as part of the political strategy of the organization to present their views on the peace process.
Earlier in February, the United States of America and the Afghan Taliban signed the peace deal in Qatar – the capital city of Doha after a long spell of negotiations,