Afghan Taliban did not meet PM Imran: Firdous Ashiq Awan.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan on Friday rejected media reports suggesting Afghan Taliban leaders met with Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday night.

Taking to Twitter on Friday, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan clarified that the news regarding the meeting is not correct.

Sources said late on Thursday that PM Imran had met with a delegation of Taliban officials in Islamabad to discuss the Afghan peace process in detail.

A high-level delegation of Taliban Political Commission is in Pakistan to hold talks on the peace process stalled after President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled a scheduled meeting with them last month after a bomb in Kabul killed an American soldier.

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