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| Pakistan-Taliban talks 'under way' | Pakistan-Taliban talks 'under way' |
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| The first formal meeting between the Pakistan government and a Taliban-nominated team has begun in an undisclosed location, local media say. | |
| They are due to start charting a "roadmap" for peace talks. | They are due to start charting a "roadmap" for peace talks. |
| The talks were delayed earlier in the week after the government side asked for clarification about the composition of the Pakistan Taliban team. | The talks were delayed earlier in the week after the government side asked for clarification about the composition of the Pakistan Taliban team. |
| Militants from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been waging an insurgency inside Pakistan since 2007. | Militants from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been waging an insurgency inside Pakistan since 2007. |
| The talks initiative was announced last week by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, following a spate of attacks. | |
| More than 100 people, including soldiers, died in Taliban attacks across the country in January. Thousands have been killed since the TTP came to the fore in 2007. | |
| The chief negotiator for the government side, Irfan Siddiqui, said the government committee would attend the talks with "an open mind", the Pakistan Tribune reports. | |
| Joining Mr Siddiqui on the government team is veteran journalist Rahimullah Yusufzai, former ambassador Rustam Shah Mohmand and a retired major from the ISI intelligence service, Amir Shah. | |
| The three-man TTP team comprises Maulana Sami ul-Haq, known as the "Father of the Taliban", the chief cleric of Islamabad's Red Mosque, Maulana Abdul Aziz and Ibrahim Khan. |