Pakistan resumes Taliban talks

Pakistani government and Taliban negotiators resumed peace talks Wednesday and said they were ready to move to a decisive "second phase" even as a militant attack killed six military personnel. The government opened negotiations with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) last month in a bid to end their bloody seven-year insurgency, but the process broke down more than two weeks ago after militants killed 23 kidnapped soldiers. The Taliban announced a month-long ceasefire at the weekend and the two sides met in the country's northwest on Wednesday. The resumption came despite a major attack in Islamabad on Monday claimed by a splinter group that killed 11 people and a roadside bomb killing six paramilitary troops on Wednesday, according to AFP.