ISLAMABAD: The US special envoy to Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad will arrive Pakistan on the three-day visit, particularly to participate peace talks with Afghani which will be hosted by Pakistan.
The next round of talks between the United States and the Afghan Taliban will be held in Pakistan as in a development that suggests significant progress in the ongoing negotiations to end the 17-year-long war in the neighbouring country.
The talks to be held in Islamabad on February 18 would be attended by US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad and a team of Taliban negotiators, officials and the militant group confirmed on Wednesday.
Importantly, the Taliban delegation would also meet Prime Minister Imran Khan, the first such meeting between the insurgent group and a top Pakistani leader since 2001, when the government of the ultra-right group was overthrown after the US invasion.
According to diplomatic sources, the next round of talks will resume on the 25th of February 2019 in the Qatari capital of Doha as per the agreement reached during the previous meeting.
