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Taliban Calls For Improved Ties With Pakistan Despite Frictions

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Taliban's Foreign Minister Mawlavi Amir Khan Muttaqi on Friday called for improved bilateral ties with Pakistan, amid friction between the two close allies over the issue of cross-border terrorism.

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Taliban's* Foreign Minister Mawlavi Amir Khan Muttaqi on Friday called for improved bilateral ties with Pakistan, amid friction between the two close allies over the issue of cross-border terrorism.According to a statement released by the Taliban's Foreign Ministry, Pakistan's envoy to Pakistan Obaid Ur Rehman Nizamani met Muttaqi in Kabul where the two held discussions on having positive engagements between the two neighboring nations.Interestingly, the meeting between Nizamani and Muttaqi came only days after Shehbaz Sharif took over as the newest Prime Minister of Pakistan.Earlier this month, Sharif returned at the helm of affairs in Pakistan after his political outfit Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) joined hands to form a coalition government with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.*under UN sanctions

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Taliban Calls For Improved Ties With Pakistan Despite Frictions

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© AP Photo / Petros GiannakourisAn afghan man walks at the Afghanistan-Iran border crossing of Islam Qala, on Wednesday , Nov. 24, 2021. Afghans are streaming across the border into Iran, driven by desperation after the near collapse of their country's economy following the Taliban's takeover in mid-August. In the past three months, more than 300,000 people have crossed illegally into Iran, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council, and more are coming at the rate of 4,000 to 5,000 a day. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

An afghan man walks at the Afghanistan-Iran border crossing of Islam Qala, on Wednesday , Nov. 24, 2021. Afghans are streaming across the border into Iran, driven by desperation after the near collapse of their country's economy following the Taliban's takeover in mid-August. In the past three months, more than 300,000 people have crossed illegally into Iran, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council, and more are coming at the rate of 4,000 to 5,000 a day. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) - Sputnik India, 1920, 15.03.2024

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Ties between Kabul and Islamabad have nosedived in recent months with the latter publicly accusing the former of harboring anti-Pakistan groups inside its territory. However, both countries have called for strengthening bilateral relations this week.

Taliban's* Foreign Minister Mawlavi Amir Khan Muttaqi on Friday called for improved bilateral ties with Pakistan, amid friction between the two close allies over the issue of cross-border terrorism.

According to a statement released by the Taliban's Foreign Ministry, Pakistan's envoy to Pakistan Obaid Ur Rehman Nizamani met Muttaqi in Kabul where the two held discussions on having positive engagements between the two neighboring nations.

"The meeting underlined political and economic spectrums of the two countries. At the outset, FM Muttaqi said that regional countries are predominantly moving forward towards positive engagement with Afghanistan, acknowledging the stability of Afghanistan that it can play a positive role for the regional initiatives and all-round development," the statement from the ministry noted.

Interestingly, the meeting between Nizamani and Muttaqi came only days after Shehbaz Sharif took over as the newest Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Earlier this month, Sharif returned at the helm of affairs in Pakistan after his political outfit Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) joined hands to form a coalition government with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

*under UN sanctions

Security officials guard a blocked road leading to a counter-terrorism center after security forces starting to clear the compound seized earlier by Pakistani Taliban (banned in Russia) militants in Bannu, a northern district in the Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. - Sputnik India, 1920, 12.03.2024

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