US again asks Pakistan for revival of Taliban talks

US again asks Pakistan for revival of Taliban talks as Special Envoy Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad reached Islamabad.

US again asks Pakistan for help

Notably, he is discussing reviving peace talks with Afghan Taliban, with Pakistani civil and military leadership

Furthermore, diplomatic sources in the US said that Pakistan was trying to bring Taliban leader Mullah Baradar from Doha.

Mulla Baradar meets Zalmay in Islamabad

Moreover, they hint at possibility of Mulla Baradar meeting with Mr Khalilzad in Islamabad on Wednesday.

In September 2019, US official reportedly claimed to have cut a deal with Taliban. But, the latter had turned down it.

How Afghan official reacted

However, former Afghan Ambassador to Washington Hamdullah Mohib had accused Khalilzad of trying to weaken the Afghan government.

Meanwhile, he also blamed Zalmay to run for Afghan President by cutting Afghan government out of talks with the Taliban.

Mohib also said that the US envoy was not reconciling but he was alienating.

But, Trump declared talks dead

Although war of words continued, President Trump came to end that by declaring US Taliban talks dead.
Now, US again asks Pakistan to help Trump administration for revival of those talks.

Most importantly, President Trump suddenly called off a meeting with representatives of Taliban and President Ashraf Ghani at Camp David.

Khalilzad later reportedly told Congress members in a classified briefing that the peace deal with the Taliban dead.

Apart from that, he had also met Prime Minister Imran Khan during his recent visit to New York.
On that occasion, he shared with PM Khan an overview of his yearlong engagement with the Taliban before it went off the rails.

US again asks Pakistan