Pakistan on Wednesday said it hosted a meeting between Afghan Government and the Taliban that was also attended by the US and Chinese representatives, in the first publicly acknowledged talks with the militant group.
Pakistan Foreign Office said that as part of its commitment to facilitate an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace and reconciliation process, a meeting was held by Pakistan between the Afghan Government and Afghan Taliban representatives on Tuesday in Murree, an exurb of Islamabad. “The meeting was held in Murree on July 7, 2015. The representatives of China and the USA also participated in the meeting,” it said.
It is for the first time that such an announcement has been made about peace process between Afghans and the Taliban.