With intensified efforts to curb cross-border terrorism from neighbouring Afghanistan, Pakistan has presented its “evidence-based, justified and logical” demands to mediators — Turkiye and Qatar — during the third round of talks being held in Istanbul with the Afghan Taliban regime, a Foreign Office spokesperson said.
“Yesterday, our talks with the Afghan Taliban regime commenced in Istanbul with the presence and participation of mediators,” FO Spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi said at a weekly press briefing in Islamabad on Friday. He said the Pakistani delegation handed over evidence-based, justified, and logical demands to the mediators with the singular aim of putting an end to cross-border terrorism
The spokesperson added that the mediators fully endorsed Pakistan’s stance based on evidence provided by its delegation “as well as by the tenets of international law and principles”.
The mediators are discussing Pakistan’s demands with the Afghan Taliban delegation point by point,” he added.
