Pakistan envoy hails revival of Pak-Afghan coordination body after 15-month gap with new talks

Pakistan’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Ambassador Muhammad Sadiq, hailed the revival of the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) between the two countries with its seventh meeting on Wednesday after a 15-month pause.

The meeting comes in the light of rising tensions between the two countries, with Afghan refugee deportations, skirmishes along the border, and the increased activity of armed groups within Pakistan since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021. Pakistan maintains that...