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Afghan Taliban delegation meets Qureshi at foreign ministry
[DAWN] The high-level Afghan Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban...delegation currently in Islamabad to meet the Pak leadership was received by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood WormtongueQureshi ...a Pak political shape-changer. He is undistinguished except for his habit of periodically needing to have his lips reattached... at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday morning, according to a blurb issued by the Foreign Office (FO). During their meeting with the foreign minister, the delegation of the Taliban Political Commission (TPC) in Doha discussed the regional situation, the Afghan grinding of the peace processor and other issues of mutual interest. Inter-Services Intelligence ...the Pak military intelligenceagency that controls the military -- heads of ISI typically get promoted into the Chief of Army Staff position. It serves as a general command center for favored turban groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, tries to influence the politix of neighboring countries, and carries out a (usually) low-level war against India in Kashmir... Director General Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, Foreign Affairs Secretary Sohail Mahmood and other FO officials were present for the meeting. According to the FO, this is the first visit of a Taliban delegation to Pakistain since the establishment of the TPC. The FO had revealed a deal earlier that an Afghan Taliban delegation was to visit Islamabad to review progress under the stalled US-Taliban peace talks. "Both countries are equally facing the consequences of instability in Afghanistan over the past 40 years," Qureshi was reported as telling the delegation. He also said that Pakistain understands that war is not the solution to any problem. Qureshi said that in order to establish peace in Afghanistan, negotiations were the only possible and "positive" option. The foreign minister said that Pakistain has played the mediator's role in the Afghan peace progress and emphasised that a peaceful Afghanistan was necessary for peace and stability in the entire region. Related: Taliban: 2019-10-02 Mali Army in Major Clash with Jihadists Taliban: 2019-10-02 Afghan Security Advisor Meets With UN Secretary General Taliban: 2019-10-02 More than 50 ISIS militants killed, wounded in ongoing operations in East of Afghanistan Related: Shah Mahmood Qureshi: 2019-09-11 World must not remain indifferent to tragedy unfolding in Kashmir, Qureshi tells UN Rights Council Shah Mahmood Qureshi: 2019-08-25 'If this is how India behaves with its own, what expectation can Pakistan have?' asks FM Qureshi Shah Mahmood Qureshi: 2019-08-14 'Muslim Pakistan Prime Minister Compares India Prime Minister To Nazis, Hitler Related: Faiz Hameed: 2019-09-24 Palestinian gets life sentence for deadly 2015 terror attack Faiz Hameed: 2018-05-12 Govt cannot arrest Khadim Hussain Rizvi because of Faizabad agreement, says Sanaullah Faiz Hameed: 2017-11-30 List of demands put forward by TLY and accepted by govt for ending the Faizabad protest Related: Sohail Mahmood: 2019-03-08 'Islamabad wants de-escalation,' foreign minister tells Pakistan's top envoy in India Sohail Mahmood: 2017-12-01 Apex court calls out media, ISI over their 'questionable role' in the Faizabad sit-in Sohail Mahmood: 2011-06-29 Pakistan, Thailand effect transfer of 11 Pakistani prisoners Posted by: Fred 2019-10-04 |
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