An Afghan official said Tuesday top security officials were in Pakistan for talks on reviving the peace process with the Taliban.

Feroz Bashari, a government spokesman, said National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar, intelligence chief Masoum Stanikzai and Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak travelled to Pakistan Tuesday for talks with senior officials.

Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Bajwa visited the Afghan capital earlier this month, where he met with senior Afghan and US officials.

The Taliban observed a cease-fire over the three-day Eidul Fitr holiday last weekend but rejected the government’s request for an extension.