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Afghanistan
AHPC Delegation to Meet Mullah Baradar
2013-12-11
[Tolo News] A member of the Afghan High Peace Council (AHPC), Qazi Amin Weaqad, said on Monday that a delegation would visit neighboring Pakistain soon to meet the Taliban second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

Weaqad said that Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
has pledged to ensure a meeting of AHPC delegation with Baradar. He also confirmed that so far it has not met the real representative of the Taliban group.

Weaqad says that it is the second time that the peace council has been invited to visit Pakistain and meet Mullah Baradar.

"An AHPC delegation met with officials from Pak defense and foreign affairs ministries, but a meeting was not held with Mullah Baradar during the tour. After his Kabul tour, the Pak premier pledged to pave the ground for a meeting with Baradar," he said.

AHPC officials have said that negotiations are underway between the government and some Taliban members, but so far the AHPC has not met with the genuine representative of the Taliban.

Baradar is considered important to assure meaningful talks.

"Baradar used to be the second in command in the Taliban group and he is trustworthy," Weaqad said. "We hope that Baradar would carry a message from the Taliban top commander in the next meeting and be the founder of the grinding of the peace processor with the AHPC."
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