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PEACE TALKS On the 20th Pakistan Helping US to Push ANNIVERSARY of the Chinese regime’s persecution of Falun Taliban for Ceasefire Gong, Professor David Flint AM calls for Austra- lian leaders to hold com- We desperately want peace, and we are happy President Trump has pushed munist China to account under rule of law. this forward, says Pakistani PM Imran Khan OPINION | A10 IVAN PENTCHOUKOV House as part of an official state we will be able to urge the Taliban Iran’s claim of visit.The two leaders agreed that the to speak to the Afghan and come President Donald Trump told report- We’ve made a lot of great United States is closer than ever to to a political settlement,” Khan told CAPTURING 17 ers at the White House on July 22 progress over the last a peace deal with the Taliban in Af- reporters in the Oval Office. that Pakistan is helping the United ghanistan. According to the White “Apart from Afghanistan, the CIA spies and sentencing couple of weeks. And States to pressure the Taliban to House, Trump had planned to use country that wants peace in Af- some of them to death is commit to a permanent ceasefire Pakistan has helped us the visit to urge Khan to ramp up a ghanistan is Pakistan,” Khan said. “totally false,” according and agree to talks that include the with that progress. recent crackdown by Pakistan au- “Pakistan needs stability. We have to a tweet by U.S. Presi- Afghan government. thorities on terrorist and militant had 15 years of fighting this war dent Donald Trump. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran US President Donald Trump groups. on terror. ... 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