Published 10:29 IST, September 28th 2020
Afghanistan-Taliban peace in-charge Abdullah Abdullah to visit troublemaker Pakistan
Chief of Afghanistan High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah is scheduled for a three-day official visit to Pakistan from September 28 to 30
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Afghanistan High Council for National Reconciliation chief Abdullah Abdullah is scheduled for a three-day official visit to Pakistan from September 28 to 30, to discuss Afghan peace process. Abdullah will be visiting Pakistan with a high-level delegation including prominent members of council, a press release issued by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan re.
Abdullah will call on Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Arif Alvi to have interaction with m and or Pakistan dignitaries. This visit is said to be first one by Abdullah as Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation. He will also interact with Chairman Senate Siq Sanjrani, Speaker of National Assembly As Qaisar, Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi and or dignitaries, statement said.
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Abdullah will also deliver a keyte dress at Institute of Strategic Studies Islamab and have interaction with media.
" visit will provide an opportunity for wide-ranging exchange of views on Afghan peace process and strengning of Pakistan-Afghanistan bilateral relations and people-to-people interaction," Foreign Office's press release said.
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About Afghan Peace talks
Afghan Taliban peace talks comprise first-ever official talks between two warring sides i.e. Taliban and Afghanistan Government, which began earlier this month in Gulf state of Qatar, to discuss peace in region. insurgent group Taliban h refused to sit for talks until w, accusing Afghanistan government of being 'weak and a puppet of United States'.
Pakistan h recently hosted a Taliban high-level delegation. re have been reports of clashes between Taliban fighters and Afghan security forces even as peace talks are underway.
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A number of Talibani prisoners who were released by Afghanistan government over past few months have returned to battlefield, country’s top official Abdullah Abdullah said. Almost 5,000 prisoners have been released by Kabul as a part of Afghan Peace deal, which was brokered by US and signed earlier in February. However, Abdullah, who chairs Afghanistan High Council for National Reconciliation revealed that a considerable number of m have taken arms again.
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10:29 IST, September 28th 2020