US Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad arriving in Islamabad for crucial talks over Afghan Taliban
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*ISLAMABAD: United States special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad will arrive on five-day visit of Pakistan on Tuesday.*
US envoy Khalilzad will land in Islamabad tomorrow. He will meet senior civil and military officials during his visit.
He will also hold delegation-level talks at the foreign office regarding the Afghan peace process, talks with the Taliban and the US troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad leading a delegation of officials in his four-nation two-week visit from January 8 – 21, including Pakistan, India, China and Afghanistan .
Khalilzad will meet with senior government officials in each country during his visit to facilitate an intra-Afghan political settlement.
The US State Department stated that the envoy continues to coordinate his efforts with President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and other Afghan stakeholders to ensure an intra-Afghan peace process.
