Trump to Push Pakistan’s Imran Khan for Permanent Taliban Ceasefire
- President is scheduled to meet Monday with Khan at White House
- U.S. opened new round of talks with Taliban last month
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan
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President Donald Trump will push Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, to pressure the Taliban into signing a permanent ceasefire in Afghanistan, an administration official said.
Trump will also demand that Pakistan’s government free Shakil Afridi, a physician imprisoned after helping the U.S. government locate and kill Osama bin Laden, the official said. The Trump administration will judge Pakistan in part on its treatment of Afridi, the official said.