Pakistan has urged the Trump administration to follow the path of negotiations instead of relying on the use of force to find a solution to the lingering conflict.

The suggestion came during a recent visit of a US delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia and Special Representatives for Pakistan and Afghanistan Alice Wells.

Wells, on a tour to regional countries that also took her to Afghanistan and India, was in Islamabad as part of consultations with Pakistani authorities before the Trump administration finalises its much-awaited strategy on Afghanistan.