Pakistan Upbeat About Afghan Peace Process

Pakistan insisted on Friday that the Afghan peace and reconciliation process is ongoing and that the death of the leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgency, Mullah Omar, has only caused a temporary pause.   In a policy statement in the National Assembly, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif again dismissed allegations that the reclusive Taliban chief’s death occurred in Pakistan.   “I want to reiterate that Mullah Omar neither died nor was he buried in Pakistan. Whether he died now...

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