Pakistan foreign minister meets Afghan Taliban amid border concerns

Reuters :
Pakistan’s minister of state for foreign affairs met Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister in Kabul on Tuesday, the latest international minister to visit the country whose Taliban rulers are not formally recognised by foreign governments.
The visit comes at a time of heightened security concerns in areas bordering Afghanistan after the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) said on Monday it would no longer abide by a months-long ceasefire with the Pakistani government. The Afghan Taliban have been facilitating peace talks between local militants and Pakistan authorities since late last year.
Minister of State Hina Rabbani Khar met with acting Afghan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. It was not clear whether security was discussed at the meeting.
“A range of bilateral issues of common interest including cooperation in education, health, trade and investment, regional connectivity, people-to-people contacts and socioeconomic projects were discussed,” Pakistan’s foreign office said in a statement.
A statement from Afghanistan’s foreign ministry said Muttaqi had also brought up accelerating trade and transit and facilities for travellers between the two countries as well as the release of Afghan prisoners in Pakistan.
Pakistan this month reopened a major Afghan border crossing that was shut for trade and transit after security forces from the two sides had clashed.
Some on social media highlighted the fact that a woman was heading Pakistan’s delegation at a time when the United Nations and Western officials have called on the Taliban to change course on women’s rights.