Pakistani Government, Taliban Hold Landmark Talks

Negotiations between the Pakistani government and the Taliban have been held in Islamabad. The talks were to have taken place this past Tuesday but were postponed after the government sought clarification on who was on the Taliban negotiating team. Thursday's meeting, which lasted some three hours, was aimed at charting a roadmap for future peace talks to end the militants' bloody insurgency.In a joint statement afterwards, the Taliban's chief negotiator, Maulana Sami-ul Haq,...

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