Pakistan's foreign ministry, following a series of meetings with Khalilzad on Friday, said it supported a quick peace deal with the Taliban and repeated Washington's call for a reduction in violence. The family killed were relatives of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who was an anti-government insurgent before signing a peace agreement with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. In 2016 when Hekmatyar signed the peace deal, it was hoped it'd be a blueprint for a peace deal with the Taliban. He has held multiple rounds of talks with the Taliban in the Mideastern state of Qatar where the militant group maintains a political office. Abdallah accuses the president of foiling efforts at peace by imposing new conditions on talks.

Source: ABC News February 01, 2020 09:13 UTC