Pakistan's Foreign Ministry announced that the country’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met with Ahmad Shakeeb, the Taliban's ambassador to Islamabad. The ministry added that during the meeting, it was agreed to strengthen mutual relations.
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry announced on Monday, December 9, that during Ishaq Dar's meeting with the Taliban ambassador, the talks focused on strengthening ties between Pakistan and the Taliban government.
The visit came a few days after Mohammad Sadiq was appointed as Pakistan's special envoy for Afghanistan. Earlier, Pakistan had announced that it did not intend to appoint a special representative for Afghanistan affairs.
In recent months, tensions between Islamabad and the Afghan Taliban have escalated, with senior Pakistani officials repeatedly accusing the Taliban in Kabul of supporting and sheltering the Pakistani Taliban. The Taliban has denied the accusations.
This meeting and Pakistan's recent move to appoint a new representative for Afghanistan could be an attempt to ease these tensions between the Taliban and Islamabad.
