A delegation approved by the Taliban’s supreme leader visited the Pakistani capital last week for exploratory talks on restarting peace negotiations to end Afghanistan’s 16-year war.
Pakistani officials said that there was no progress made in the unofficial meetings with a representative of a prominent Afghan politician.
The Islamabad talks on Monday followed another back-channel meeting over the weekend in Turkey between individuals with Taliban connections and representatives of Hizb-i-Islami.
The three-member Taliban delegation from Qatar included Shababuddin Dilawar and Jan Mohammad Madani from the Taliban’s political office in Qatari capital as well as the brother-in-law of Mullah Jacoob, son of the late Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar.
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