{"id":13620,"date":"2026-05-25T06:30:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/25\/taliban-welcomes-china-mediation-afghanistan-pakistan\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T06:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:30:26","slug":"taliban-welcomes-china-mediation-afghanistan-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/25\/taliban-welcomes-china-mediation-afghanistan-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Welcomes China\u2019s Mediation Between Kabul and Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban administration has expressed its support for China\u2019s mediating role between Afghanistan and Pakistan, expressing hope that potential talks between the two sides will yield positive results. This stance comes amid increasing tensions in the relationship between Kabul and Islamabad in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, stated that China can play a constructive role in reducing disputes and strengthening relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to him, Kabul seeks to resolve issues through dialogue and diplomatic engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Pakistan\u2019s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has embarked on an official visit to China. Reports suggest that Afghanistan will be among the topics discussed during the meetings between Pakistani and Chinese officials.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, China has sought to take a more active role in regional developments, particularly concerning Afghanistan. However, experts emphasize that any mediation will be effective only if the Taliban administration takes tangible confidence-building measures toward its neighbors and provides clear responses to existing security concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban welcomes China&#8217;s mediation efforts between Afghanistan and Pakistan amid recent tensions, hoping for positive diplomatic outcomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}