Taliban delegation due in Islamabad today to meet Zalmay Khalilzad, Pakistani officials

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ISLAMABAD: A Taliban delegation will arrive here today (Wednesday) to meet US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad.

The Taliban delegation will be headed by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

The US diplomat had already reached Islamabad on Tuesday.

Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for Afghan Taliban, took to Twitter and said that their delegation is visiting Pakistan on a formal invitation and they would discuss “important issues” during the visit with Pakistani officials.