Afghanistan will host high-level talks with Pakistan today to “chalk out a way forward” to improve strained bilateral ties and enhance cooperation to further a recent Afghan offer of peace talks to the Taliban.
Pakistani National Security Adviser Nasser Janjua will travel to Kabul for the daylong discussions “on a special invitation” from his Afghan counterpart, Hanif Atmar, said an official announcement in Islamabad on Friday.
Janjua is scheduled to meet with President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and Masoom Stanekzai, head of the Afghan intelligence agency (NDS).
The top Pakistani security official is visiting Kabul more than two weeks after Ghani offered unconditional talks to the Taliban in his bid to end an increasingly deadly Afghan war.
The Taliban have not yet publicly responded to the offer, prompting expectations the insurgents are mulling about whether to come to the negotiating table, Pakistan and US officials said.
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