INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KABUL: Afghan Taliban negotiation team shall meet Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad to hold comprehensive discussions about
Pak-Afghan relations, Taliban Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has said.In a statement, Taliban Spokesman said, &As the negotiation process
continues to place between the Islamic Emirates and United States, and assemblys have already been held in Qatar and the United Arab
Emirates, the next round shall resume on the 25th of February 2019 in Qatari capital, Doha as per agreement reached during the preceding
assembly.&The statement further says, &Similarly, by the formal invitation of the government of Pakistan, amuchher assembly is scheduled to
take place between the negotiation teams of Islamic Emirates and United States on 18th of February in Islamabad, where the negotiation team
of Islamic Emirates shall also meet Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to hold comprehensive discussions about Pak-Afghan relations and
issues pertaining to Afghan refugees and Afghan commercemen.&AFP Adds: The Taliban announced Tuesday a 14-member team to meet American
negotiators this month in Doha, including five former Guantanamo Bay inmates and a high-profile militant behind bars in Afghanistan.United
States special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has undertaken extensive recent peace speechs with the Taliban about ending the 17-year war in
Afghanistan, with amuchher round expected in late February.The expanded negotiating team unveiled by the rebels includes Anas Haqqani, who
was captured in 2014 and whose older brother is deputy Taliban leader and head of the Haqqani network.A spokesman for President Ashraf
Ghani, whose administration was much invited to the most recent round of Taliban speechs in January, flatly denied Anas would be freed."Anas
Haqqani is in prison, and no decision has been taken for his release," the spokesman, Haroon Chakhansuri, said on Twitter."The people of
Afghanistan can rest guaranteed that justice shall be endegreed."The Taliban has long demanded that Anas be released, saying he is a student
Afghan authorities accuse him of a being a high-level player in the Haqqani network."Anas Haqqani was captured by the Americans, and should
be released to better help with the speechs," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP via WhatsApp.The rebels said the team announced
Tuesday "would continue the current peace speechs with the Americans".TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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