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Senior Afghan Taliban leader arrives in Islamabad for key security talks

ISLAMABAD: A senior Afghan Taliban leader arrived in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani officials on key issues, focusing on ways to reduce tension, Pakistani and Afghan officials told The Pakistan Daily late Tuesday. Mullah Shirin, governor of Kandahar, will be leading a delegation of senior officials, in talks at a time when a spike in the attacks by the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has deteriorated relations between the two uneasy neighbours. The delegation is composed of officials from the foreign and interior ministries as well as intelligence, according to an Afghan source. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq said in November