Pakistan and Afghan Taliban to hold talks in Doha.

Pakistan and Afghan Taliban to hold talks in Doha.

Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban reached a 48-hour ceasefire last Wednesday after four days of intense fighting at border points.

This comes as the Pakistani Prime Minister said regarding the recent border tensions: “The ball is in the Taliban’s court. We have responded positively to Afghanistan’s request for a ceasefire. Some countries, including Qatar, are trying to help resolve the crisis.

Shahbaz Sharif said that Islamabad is ready to negotiate under legitimate conditions, but if the Taliban seeks to abuse the ceasefire, Pakistan will never allow it.

According to the report, Pakistani media quoted security sources as saying that negotiations with the Taliban will be held in Doha on Friday, but any trip by the Taliban regime delegation requires a UN sanctions exemption and the Security Council’s permission to travel outside Afghanistan is mandatory.

These sources added: “It is likely that Mullah Yaqub Mujahid, the acting defense minister of the Afghan Taliban, will lead his country’s delegation in the meeting with Pakistani officials in Doha.”

Following the ceasefire with the Afghan Taliban, the Pakistani Foreign Minister held a telephone conversation with the Qatari Foreign Minister and then with his Saudi counterpart.

Expressing his satisfaction with the ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Ismail Baghai, the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, stressed the need for immediate dialogue between the parties with the aim of reducing tensions, completely stopping the conflict, and resolving differences through diplomacy.