ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan, Afghanistan and China on Wednesday pledged to strengthen joint efforts against terrorism as Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar urged the Taliban regime to take decisive and verifiable steps against the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA).

The foreign ministers of China and Pakistan travelled to Kabul to attend the trilateral meeting. This was Wang Yi's first visit to Kabul since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan.

On the sidelines of the trilateral meeting, both Dar and Wang held separate bilateral talks with the Afghan authorities. The Chinese foreign minister told the Afghan acting prime minister, Mullah Akhund, that he hoped the Taliban government would "pay special attention" to the security concerns of Beijing.

During t

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