KABUL – Pakistani tribal elders have arrived in the Afghan capital as peaceefforts between the Pakistani government and the banned terror outfit TTPare underway.
A total of 53 elders from different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa arrived inKabul on Wednesday morning to mediate negotiations amid the recentceasefire.
Some reports suggest that TTP demanded the Pakistani government to reversethe FATA merger. A two-page letter handed over to tribal members in Kabulsaid the merger is a major point of deadlock in recent ongoing negotiationsbetween two sides.
No Pakistani official has commented on the demands by TTP members till thefiling of this report.
Former governor of the northwestern region, Shaukatullah Khan, is part ofthe visiting members, called mediations significant in wake of tribaltraditions that are respected by all men.
The development comes a week after another group from South Waziristanmediated between the two sides.
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Earlier, Pakistani officials and members of the banned outfit expressedreservations over certain demands however they decided to extend thecurrent ceasefire for an indefinite period.
Mufti Ghofran, Commander Zarar, and Omar Khalid Khorasani are representingthe banned outfit while the Pakistani delegation comprises senior officials.
A report of the United Nations claimed that TTP benefitted most from theAfghan Taliban’s ascent to power in war-torn Afghanistan.
