{"id":88684,"date":"2025-10-18T15:07:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T10:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=88684"},"modified":"2025-10-18T15:42:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T10:42:27","slug":"pakistani-delegation-led-by-khawaja-asif-arrives-in-qatar-for-talks-with-afghan-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pakistani-delegation-led-by-khawaja-asif-arrives-in-qatar-for-talks-with-afghan-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani delegation led by Khawaja Asif arrives in Qatar for talks with Afghan govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DOHA: A Pakistani delegation led by Defense Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/india-planning-another-misadventure-will-get-stronger-response-khawaja-asif\/\">Khawaja Asif<\/a> will hold talks with the Afghan Taliban in Qatar on preventing cross-border terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Office spokesperson said that a high-level delegation led by the Defense Minister will hold talks with the Afghan Taliban in Doha today.<\/p>\n<p>The talks will discuss the immediate end of cross-border terrorism from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Foreign Office spokesperson, Pakistan has said that it does not want any tension, wants a peaceful solution for regional peace and stability, the Afghan Taliban should abide by its international commitments and address Pakistan&#8217;s security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Office spokesperson said that Pakistan has demanded verifiable action against terrorist groups from Afghan soil. Pakistan appreciated Qatar&#8217;s mediation efforts and said that the talks are an important step for peace and stability in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, an Afghanistan-based broadcaster, <em>TOLOnews<\/em>, citing government sources, confirmed the development, stating that the discussions will include talks on extending the ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s state-run broadcaster,\u00a0<em>Pakistan TV Digital,\u00a0<\/em>citing security sources, also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pakistantv.com\/article\/talks-between-pakistan-and-afghan-officials-scheduled-security-sources\">confirmed<\/a>\u00a0that both neighboring countries are set to hold talks to defuse ongoing border tensions.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has so far not officially confirmed the details regarding the negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>However, earlier on Wednesday, in its statement announcing the ceasefire, Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Office had said that both sides would hold dialogue \u201cto find a positive resolution\u201d to this complex but solvable issue through constructive dialogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOHA: A Pakistani delegation led by Defense Minister Khawaja Asif will hold talks with the Afghan Taliban in Qatar on preventing cross-border terrorism. The Foreign Office spokesperson said that a high-level delegation led by the Defense Minister will hold talks with the Afghan Taliban in Doha today. The talks will discuss the immediate end of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":27565,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13446,2],"tags":[31751],"class_list":["post-88684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-pakistan","tag-pak-afghan-talks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88685,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88684\/revisions\/88685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}