Islamabad hopes to ‘revive’ peace talks

ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: (AP): Pakistani officials told visiting US envoys on Wednesday that Islamabad hopes to revive peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taleban that collapsed earlier this year.

A Foreign Ministry statement said Tariq Fatemi, the prime minister’s special assistant on foreign affairs, told acting US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Laurel Miller that his country favors an “Afghan-led and Afghan-owned reconciliation process.”

He also reiterated Pakistan’s “desire to build a constructive and trust-based relationship with Afghanistan.”