FO confirms US-Taliban talks in Qatar

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesman, Abdul Basit, Saturday said that Pakistan, through diplomatic sources, had learned that America and Taliban were holding talks in Qatar, Geo News reported.

Talking to British media, he said that Pakistan would be let in on it in detail after the complete resumption of diplomatic channels with the US.

Replying to a query, he said Pakistan’s role would most probably be of a mediator in the Qatar US-Taliban peace talks, adding but would be “limited” with Afghan leadership/nation setting the level of Islamabad's involvement.

He said that Pakistan aimed no interference in the internal affairs of Afghanistan and was trying to take all the representatives in confidence so that the war-torn country may emerge as 'truly peaceful' in the wake of NATO pullout.

To another question, he said Pakistan has always avoided blame game with Afghanistan publicly and the Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar took up the issue during her talks in Kabul and if issues arose between the two countries, they would be resolved amicably on table like two brothers.