Follow up meeting on Afghan peace talks in Islamabad next week: Abdullah KHAAMA PRESS – Jan 07 2016

A follow up meeting on peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban group would be held in Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan next week, Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah said Thursday.
CEO Abdullah appeared in a press conference after he returned to Kabul by concluding a state visit to Iran.
He told reporters this afternoon ” Islamabad will be hosting a follow up meeting next week where we will have talks for peace talks with the Taliban.”
Abdullah further added that Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai will present Afghanistan during the follow up talks.
However, Abdullah insisted that the peace process should not compromise with the gains and achievements of the country.
The Afghan and Pakistani leaders agreed to revive the stalled Afghan peace talks during a meeting on the sidelines of the Heart of Asia conference in Islamabad late last year.
Pakistan hosted the first round of direct peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban group earlier in July this year.
The Afghan officials were expecting to sit-in for the second round of peace talks with the Taliban group representatives in Pakistan late in the month of July.
However, the process was delayed with the sudden disclosure of the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar’s death shortly before the second round of talks.
Mullah Omar’s death confirmation led to widening rift among the Taliban leadership which resulted to suspension of peace talks.
A series of deadly attacks also rocked capital Kabul earlier which left scores of people dead or wounded and resulted into deteriorating relations between Kabul and Islamabad.http://www.khaama.com/follow-up-meeting-on-afghan-peace-talks-in-islamabad-next-week-abdullah-1938