Afghanistan says Pakistan peace talks in China ‘useful’
The Taliban leadership in Kabul said Afghanistan and Pakistan had made “useful” progress in talks held in China to resolve the dispute between their South Asian neighbors that broke out last October.
The two Muslim countries have been negotiating to end hostilities in the northwestern Chinese city of Urumqi since last week.
China, which shares its western border with both countries, has been mediating to help end the worst ally-foe conflict since the Taliban came to power in 2021.
Pakistan accuses the Afghan Taliban of harboring Islamist militants who carry out attacks inside Pakistan.
Afghanistan rejects the accusation, saying militancy is Pakistan’s internal problem.
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Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, said in a statement from his office that “useful discussions have been held so far” and expressed hope that minor comments would not hinder the progress of negotiations.
His comments came after he met with Chinese ambassador to Kabul, Zhao Xing.
The conflicts that started in October killed many people in both countries, especially Afghans.
In a meeting of Pakistani army commanders chaired by Chief Marshal Asim Munir on Tuesday, it was decided that the operation would continue “until the safe havens of terrorists reach their peak and the use of Afghan lands against Pakistan is definitively ended.”
More than 400 people were killed in a Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul last month before the neighbors suspended hostilities, Kabul said.
A Reuters reporter counted more than 100 bodies at a hospital after the airstrike.
Pakistan rejected Taliban accounts of the attack, saying it “strictly targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure.”
