PESHAWAR: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has asked for two days to decide the venue of a meeting between the TTP Shura and the government committee, a private TV channel reported on Saturday.
The TTP made this request after the Taliban peace talks committee contacted the TTP Shura. Member TTP negotiation committee Professor Mohammad Ibrahim confirmed the TTP request.
Talking to mediapersons, Professor Ibrahim hoped that the ongoing peace talks between the government and the TTP would yield positive results.
On April 23, government negotiators and Taliban intermediaries had agreed to form a subcommittee to look into reservations from both sides in an effort to keep the nascent peace dialogue process. This was done at a joint meeting of the government negotiating team and the TTP’s intermediary committee.
The government has already made it clear that it would not be possible to move ahead with talks in the absence of a ceasefire.
Meanwhile, the federal government has decided to release 13 more non-combatant Taliban prisoners in an apparent bid to get the peace talks back on track. The Taliban too have hinted at releasing some of the hostages, sources told the private TV channel.
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