KABUL, 25 April, 2021 (TON): Pakistan’s envoy Mohammad Sadiq, leading a delegation from Islamabad, arrived in Kabul for discussions with Afghan leaders on peace, security and related matters.   

Before the arrival of the delegation, National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib confirmed that a Pakistani delegation would visit Kabul to discuss relations between the two countries and current issues. 

Earlier on Friday, the foreign ministers from Afghanistan, Turkey and Pakistan held a meeting in Istanbul in an effort to revive the Afghan peace process days after a key UN-led conference was postponed due to non-participation by the Taliban.  

Turkey's foreign ministry in a statement said that in their meeting Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar, and Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi reiterated their commitment to support a peaceful, sovereign, independent, democratic and unified Afghanistan.   

The joint statement by the three ministers recognized that sustainable peace could be achieved only through an "inclusive Afghan-led and Afghan-owned political process" that aims for a permanent and comprehensive cease-fire along with an inclusive political settlement to end the conflict in Afghanistan. 

They diplomats also recognized the efforts of Turkey, Qatar and the UN to hold a high-level meeting in Istanbul aimed at "giving momentum" to the ongoing Afghanistan peace negotiations. 

Pakistan has played a crucial role in courting the Afghan Taliban for long-awaited intra-Afghan peace talks, aiming at political reconciliation and an end to decades of violence in the war-stricken country.