People stand around excavators digging graves for victims who died in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike on a drug rehabilitation centre, during a mass burial, in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 18, 2026
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Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban governments have resumed talks in China, which is mediating between the two sides to broker a durable ceasefire after more than a month of fighting, two Pakistani officials said on Wednesday (April 1, 2026).
A third person who is in a position to know about China’s mediation efforts said the talks were aimed at ending the current fighting.
Representatives from both countries are meeting in Urumqi, in northern China, the officials told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to brief the media.
China has not commented.
Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs neither confirmed nor denied the latest development.
Published – April 01, 2026 03:32 pm IST
