Ghani wants Pakistan to help in ‘Taliban talks’

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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has sought Pakistan’s help in an attempt to make negotiations with Taliban for a peace settlement of over a decade-old conflict in Afghanistan, for the peace and security in the region, state local media sources.

President Ghani was talking to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak during a one-to-one meeting at the Presidential Palace.

Mr Khattak’s two-day official visit to the Afghan capital saw him meeting Chief Executive Officer Dr Abdullah Abdullah, former president Hamid Karzai, Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, Minister for Commerce & Industry Anwarul Haq Ahadi, Minister for Refugees Saaid Hussain Alimi Balkhi and Speaker of the National Parliament, Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi.