*DOHA: **Afghan Taliban reveal desire to meet Pakistani PM Imran Khan.*
*The Afghan Taliban in a statement today expressed desire to visit Pakistanif the country sent them an invitation.*
The Afghan Taliban said that if they are invited they would surely visitPakistan and would like to meet the Prime Minister of the country, ImranKhan.
Prime Minister Imran Khan had expressed his wish to meet the Afghan Talibanduring his recently concluded United States trip.
Khan had said during an interview that he would urge the Afghan Taliban tohold a dialogue with the Kabul government, to solve their disputes amicably.
Afghan Taliban’s politcial office in Doha, Qatar revealed all this in anexclusive interview to the* BBC*.
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Earlier on July 23, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the Pakistanination has rendered 70,000 sacrifices in war against terrorism as a highprice of Afghan war but it failed to build firm confidence betweenIslamabad and Washington, ARY News reported.
PM Khan, while addressing to the US Institute of Peace in Washington,reiterated, “I have always adopted the stance that Afghan issue could beresolved through dialogues. I’ve also asked everyone in the United Statesthat there is no military solution to the issue.”
“US nationals were not aware of the history of Afghanistan,” he added.
The premier said, “At this moment, Pakistan and US ties are on its bestlevel and both countries have a similar stance on the Afghan issue. Ithappens for the first time that the Pakistani government, US administrationand security institutions are on the same page. We could have found asolution with consensus although it is not an easy task.”
