Situationer: Continuation of ‘Urumqi process’ raises hopes for Pak-Afghan patch-up

• Beijing’s envoy already laying groundwork to continue Islamabad-Kabul mediation efforts• Pakistani circles ‘fed up’ by failure of bilateral efforts, pin their hopes on Chinese shepherding the process CHINA’S diplomatic mediation between Pak­istan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan is keeping hopes alive for a possible rapprochement. After hosting their first meeting in Urumqi, Xinjiang, in April — aimed at bringing an end to the Islamabad-Kabul animosity — Beijing now intends to hold a second meeti...