ISLAMABAD - Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Friday urged the Afghan leaders to expedite progress in Intra-Afghan Negotiations for lasting peace in Afghanistan. He was talking to Chairman Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), Abdullah Abdullah, during a meeting held on the sidelines of Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) in Turkey. Recalling the successful visit of Abdullah Abdullah in September 2020, the Foreign Minister reaffirmed Pakistan’s policy of maintaining the broad engagement with Afghan political leadership to forge deeper mutual understanding on the bilateral relations and the Afghan peace process. He highlighted Pakistan’s meaningful contribution to facilitate the direct talks between U.S. and Taliban as well as the Afghan parties. The foreign minister reiterated that it was now up to the Afghan leaders to seize the historic opportunity afforded by the Intra-Afghan Negotiations for an inclusive, broad-based and comprehensive settlement.