Nisar warns against attempts to sabotage Taliban talks

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday said any external attempt to sabotage the dialogue process with the Taliban would be considered as hostility against Pakistan, a private TV channel reported.

According to the channel, Nisar said this to Maulana Samiul Haq, leader of the Taliban committee for peace talks, during a telephonic conversation.

Nisar enquired from Sami what was causing a delay in the Taliban committee’s return from North Waziristan as it was scheduled to return to Islamabad on Sunday. Sami told the minister that the Taliban commanders and the committee members had to change their meeting venues several times because of drones that were making rounds over North Waziristan.