INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pakistan's Special Envoy for Afghanistan Muhammad Sadiq notified Pakistan's Standing committee on Foreign Affairs on Monday that relations
with Afghanistan were anticipated to improve as top-level discussions to relieve tensions were being planned.Sadiq, who went to Kabul last
month, had actually been welcomed to inform committee members on the situation with Afghanistan.The upper house session, chaired by Senator
Irfan Siddiqui, was held behind closed doors
Just briefed the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs in an in-camera session on the situation in Afghanistan and the obstacles
facing our bilateral relations.A candid and positive discussion on local developments and the path ahead for Pakistan-Afghanistan relations
was a great knowing experience, Sadiq stated in a declaration published on X after the meeting.This comes after Afghanistan's Foreign
Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met Pakistan 's Chargé d Affaires Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani in Kabul on Monday where he revealed regret over the
forced deportation of Afghan refugees and the unsuitable treatment by specific quarters
He described the existing mistreatment as intriguing and hazardous to the relations between the 2 nations, and called for an end to such
actions.Irfan on the other hand said after the committee hearing that Afghan-Pakistan talks would be appropriate
He included that Sadiq had actually also shown the committee that the problem of prohibited Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was being used
up powerfully with the Afghan authorities.Pakistan started deporting undocumented Afghans in October 2023 however following a regulation in
December, authorities have actually increase the deportations since April 1
In the very first 2 weeks of this month over 45,000 Afghans returned.In a separate meeting on Monday, in Islamabad, the UAE's Special
Representative for Afghanistan, Saif Mohammed Al Ketbi, met with Sadiq to go over security concerns and Afghanistan.Al Ketbi validated the
conference in a post on X however did not offer additional details.Sadiq however stated the 2 diplomats also went over local difficulties
and highlighted the commitment to jointly face them.Al Ketbi on the other hand first visited Kabul for talks with IEA officials before
taking a trip to Pakistan.In a meeting with Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, Al Ketbi talked about a variety of issues
including bilateral relations, and trade and transit matters.The post Improved relations with Afghanistan anticipated, says Pakistan's
special envoy initially appeared on TINS News.
