Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD:A Pakistan delegation engaged in talks with Afghan Taliban had handed over its evidence-based, justified and logical demands to the mediators in Istanbul on Thursday with the singular aim to put an end to cross border terrorism, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said.During his weekly press briefing here on Friday, he told that Pakistani delegation’s talks with Afghan Taliban regime commenced in Istanbul with the presence and participation of the mediators.He said, “The mediators fully endorsed Pakistan’s stance on the basis of the evidence provided by our side, as well as on the basis of the tenets of international law and principles.” “The mediators are discussing Pakistan’s demands with Afghan Taliban delegation point by point,” he said adding “Any other information being circulated on the social media particularly from Afghan handlers, Afghan accounts is either pure speculation or deliberate disinformation. We request that such false information may please be disregarded.”To a question about the justified, legal demands of Pakistan put before Afghan Taliban, he mentioned that these demands were in the context of the set of information shared by Pakistan.“These are the empirical, logical sets of information on the presence of Fitna Al Khwarij in Afghanistan, their abettors, their movement, the formation of tashkeels and the trends to that effect. So, this is the kind of evidence-based, verifiable, empirical information which is contained in Pakistan’s document,” he continued.
