Pakistani PM says Afghan peace is in his country's interest!

file photo: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at the opening ceremony for the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China November 5.

• Imran stopped short of promising to bring the Taleban to the negotiating table.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has told a US special envoy that peace and reconciliation in neighbouring Afghanistan is in his country's abiding interest but stopped short of promising to bring the Taleban to the negotiating table.

Imran Khan and Zalmay Khalilzad, who is tasked with finding a resolution to the Afghan war, held talks on Wednesday in Islamabad.

The meeting comes days after President Donald Trump reached out to Khan, seeking his cooperation in ending the 17-year-old conflict.

According to a statement, Khan "reiterated Pakistan's abiding interest in achieving peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan through a political settlement."