Afghan Taliban militants and villagers attend a gathering to celebrate the US negotiated peace deal and their victory over the US in Afghanistan in the country’s Alingar District of Laghman Province on Monday. Photo: AFP
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad met Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa and discussed the peace process in Afghanistan, the Pakistani military said Sunday night.
An army statement said the US envoy and the Pakistani army chief discussed the overall regional security situation including the Afghan refugee issue, Afghan reconciliation process and Pak-Afghan border management.
“Both shared steps taken in this regard and agreed to continue working towards mutually agreed goals,” the statement from the army’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations said.
It is the second visit of Khalilzad to Pakistan in a month as part of his mission to press for the start of the intra-Afghan dialogue. He last visited Pakistan on May 8 and held talks with Bajwa on the peace efforts in Afghanistan.
