Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
January 28, 2016
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, and the United States will meet in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, next month to discuss how to resume stalled peace process between Kabul and the Taliban.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Qazi Khalilullah said the February 6 meeting was part of the efforts aimed at laying out a road map to peace for the war-shattered Afghan nation. It will be the third such meeting in recent weeks.
Khalilullah said on January 28 that Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will soon travel to Qatar as part of that effort, but did not elaborate on that visit.
The announcement comes days after the Afghan Taliban said its “political office” in Qatar was the only entity authorized to carry out negotiations on its behalf.
Based on reporting by AP