1 Name: AnInfoBroker !TzIhFQeLZE : 2014-02-04 15:54 ID:6v6KfZwo (Image: 304x171 jpg, 13 kb) [Del]
Pakistani Taliban negotiators have condemned the failure of government representatives to meet them in Islamabad, as preliminary peace efforts got off to a chaotic start.
The government side had asked for clarification about the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) team.
The militants have been waging an insurgency inside Pakistan since 2007.
Later, a bomb outside a hotel in a Shia neighbourhood of the north-western city of Peshawar left at least eight dead.
Twenty-six people were injured in the blast which Shafqat Malik, leader of the police Bomb Disposal Unit, said was a suicide attack.
The government and Taliban representatives had been due to start charting a "roadmap" for talks.
Many observers were puzzled by the government side's approach. The Taliban swiftly made clear there were to be no additions to their team, and urged the government side to begin talks and see for themselves whether the team had a mandate.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26035961
2 Name: AnInfoBroker !TzIhFQeLZE : 2014-02-06 09:58 ID:6v6KfZwo (Image: 464x464 jpg, 43 kb) [Del]
Pakistan enters peace talks with Taliban
The first formal meeting between Pakistan's government and a Taliban-nominated team has been held in Islamabad, officials say.
The talks are aimed at charting a "roadmap" for negotiations that will try to end a decade-long insurgency.
The government set out five conditions, including ending hostilities, saying a "journey for peace" had started.
The Taliban team agreed to travel to the north-west to discuss the conditions with the leadership.
Militants from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been waging an insurgency inside Pakistan since 2007.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26065385
