Pak & Taliban Foreign Ministers Meet in China
Jalil Abbas Jilani, the foreign minister of Pakistan, and Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s foreign minister, have met and discussed issues in Tibet, China.
Jalil Abbas Jilani, the foreign minister of Pakistan, and Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s foreign minister, have met and discussed issues in Tibet, China.
Pakistan’s spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Jilani emphasised on Pakistan's commitment to enhance bilateral relations with the Taliban during his meeting with Muttaqi.
On Thursday, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote on social media platform X that Jilani also emphasised the importance of addressing challenges that threaten regional peace and stability.
The Taliban's foreign minister travelled to China on Tuesday leading a delegation to participate in the third meeting of the Trans-Himalaya Forum.
Pakistan and Taliban foreign ministers held a meeting amidst rising tensions between Islamabad and the Taliban over the deportation of Afghan refugees.
The Pakistani government has set November 1 as the deadline for all the immigrants living "illegally" to voluntarily leave the country; otherwise, they will face forced repatriation.
Furthermore, Pakistan's interior minister said that of the 24 suicide bombers involved in attacks in Pakistan since January 2023, 14 were of Afghan origin.
Earlier, Yaqoob called Pakistan's treatment of Afghan immigrants "horror and barbaric".
