Pakistan, June 26 -- The Pakistani ambassador to the US lauded efforts of the new round of peace talks between the Taliban and the United States, on Monday, a day after both sides resumed negotiations in Pakistan.

Speaking at an event at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a think tank in Washington DC, Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan said: "If you had asked me this question 6 months or 8 months ago, frankly, I could never have actually guessed that there will be a day where the US and the Taliban will spend 16 days in a room talking about peace."

"Pakistan is making a serious and sincere effort to support the peace process in Afghanistan," he said.

He highlighted the "shared responsibility" as peace talks resumed in Pakistan o...