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Pakistan\u2019s army chief arrived in Kabul to discuss peace talks with President Ashraf Ghani and Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah. <\/h2>\n

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During the June 9 meetings, the two sides discussed Pakistan\u2019s support of the peace process, the presidential palace said.<\/p>\n

According to the statement, further details of the meeting will be released in the form of a joint statement from the Afghan and Pakistani foreign ministries.<\/p>\n

The highest Pakistani military official, accompanied by the country\u2019s intelligence chief and the newly appointed special envoy for Afghanistan<\/a>, is visiting Kabul ahead of peace talks between the government and the main insurgent group in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

The relation between Kabul and Islamabad is marred by deep mistrust. Afghan officials accuse Pakistan of backing Taliban militants, who are aggressively fighting to topple the US-backed Kabul government for nearly two decades now. Pakistan denies the allegations.<\/p>\n

Bajwa\u2019s visit follows his meeting in Islamabad with US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who is currently in Qatar, where the Taliban has a political office.<\/p>\n

Khalilzad, who brokered a peace deal with the Taliban in late February, is pushing for the start of intra-Afghan peace talks between the insurgents and the government.<\/p>\n

On June 9, Kabul said it had released 3,000 inmates, 60 per cent of Taliban prisoners cited in the US-Taliban agreement to pave the way for intra-Afghan talks. \u201cFurther releases will continue in tandem with a reduction in violence and progress toward direct negotiations with the government,\u201d a spokesman for the National Security Council said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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