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• Beijing’s envoy already laying groundwork to continue Islamabad-Kabul mediation efforts
• Pakistani circles ‘fed up’ by failure of bilateral efforts, pin their hopes on Chinese shepherding the process
CHINA’S diplomatic mediation between Pakistan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan is keeping hopes alive for a possible rapprochement.
After hosting their first meeting in Urumqi, Xinjiang, in April — aimed at bringing an end to the Islamabad-Kabul animosity — Beijing now intends to hold a second meeting to keep the process on track, according to people familiar with discussions.
