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US Hails Pakistan's Role in Advancing Afghan Peace Process

Ayaz Gul

   ISLAMABAD - America's peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad,
   visited Pakistan on Monday and conveyed Washington's gratitude for the
   "important role" Islamabad has played in easing the start of
   reconciliation talks between warring Afghan parties, officials said.

   The historic, intra-Afghan negotiations began last Saturday in Doha,
   Qatar, where representatives of the Taliban insurgent group and the
   Kabul government are tasked with negotiating a cease-fire and a
   political settlement to four decades of hostilities in their country.

   The U.S Embassy in Islamabad said Khalilzad and his delegation met with
   Pakistan's military chief, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, and some of the
   country's other senior officials.

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