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IANS | 17 Dec, 2018
The US has said that it welcomes Pakistans efforts to promote peace
talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, a media report said
on Monday.
The acknowledgement on Sunday came a day after Prime
Minister Imran Khan announced that Pakistan had arranged another round
of talks between the US and Taliban officials but he did not say when
and where, the Dawn report said.
But Voice of America (VOA)
radio's Dari service reported on Sunday that US special representative
ZalÂmay Khalilzad is likely to meet Taliban representatives in Islamabad
on Monday.
Previous talks were held in Doha, Qatar.
"The
US welcomes any actions by the Pakistani government to promote greater
cooperation, including fostering negotiations between the Taliban, the
Afghan government, and other Afghans," a US embassy spokesperson in
Kabul told VOA.
Khalilzad, had met, and would continue to meet,
all interested parties, including the Taliban, to support a negotiated
settlement to the conflict in Afghanistan, the spokesperson added.
VOA
reported that two weeks ago the special representative had asked
Pakistani authorities to facilitate the Afghan peace process.
On
Saturday, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced that Pakistan
had asked the Taliban "to lay down their arms and prepare for talks".
Qureshi
said that while "Pakistan can help with these talks, the Afghan
government, the Taliban and other groups must begin their own
compromises and dialogues"., Dawn reported
Earlier this month, US
President Donald Trump wrote to Prime Minister Khan, seeking his help
to bring the Taliban to the table for negotiations.
The prime
minister told reporters in Peshawar on Friday that the US had changed
its tune by requesting help instead of saying Islamabad was not doing
enough, as US officials have previously insisted.
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