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Mullah Baradar Akhund, head of the Taliban’s political office in Qatar anddeputy political leader of the insurgent group, will be in Islamabad onWednesday as part of the ongoing efforts to seek a peace deal inAfghanistan.
Baradar, who co-founded the Taliban movement with late Mullah Omar, isleading a high-level delegation, said a statement issued by the Taliban’sspokesperson.
The spokesperson said the Afghan delegation will meet Prime Minister ImranKhan and hold talks with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday.
“The delegation will discuss issues of mutual interest. In particular,problems of refugees, relaxation and facilitation of afghan’s movement toPakistan, as well as the problems of Afghan traders are envisaged to bediscussed,” the statement added.
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