...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
to join a new grinding of the peace processor in the war-torn country, after a visit by the Pak prime minister to his country's northwestern neighbour, a statement said.
Pak Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Afghanistan's Caped President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..called upon the Taliban to avail the Afghan government's latest offer of direct talks without delay, according to a statement released by the Pak PM's office late on Friday.
"Both leaders called on the Taliban to respond positively to the peace offer and join the grinding of the peace processor without further delay," said the statement. "They agreed that there was no military solution to the ongoing Afghan conflict and that the political solution was the best way forward."
In February, Ghani offered to reopen negotiations with the Afghan Taliban "without preconditions", despite ongoing attacks.
He offered to recognise the group as a political party, and proposed a ceasefire and exchange of prisoners in a bid to begin a process that could end more than 16 years of war.
The Taliban have not yet officially responded to that offer.