ISLAMABAD – As peace talks between Pakistani security officials and thePakistani Taliban currently based in Afghanistan continue, a delegation ofreputed religious scholars left Islamabad for Kabul on Monday to becomepart of these talks.
Mufti Taqi Usmani, Hanif Jalandhri, Maulana Muhammad Tayyab Panj Pir,Maulvi Anwar-ul-Haq and Mufti Ghulam Rehman are part of the delegation.
The delegation of PakistanI religious scholars that left Islamabad forKabul at 4.30pm on Monday, will meet representatives of the Afghanistan’sTaliban rulers as well as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Earlier, a tribal jirga convinced the TTP to extend a ceasefire druingnegotiations brokered by the Taliban regime in Kabul, but the negotiationscouldn’t move beyond this point.
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In a related development, Pakistani President Dr Arif Alvi called thereligious scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani, who is currenlty visiting Kabul, andoffered to provide academic facilities to Afghan students.
