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Anas Mallick. Picture couretsy Anas Mallick Twitter ISLAMABAD: Pakistani journalist Anas Mallick who had gone missing in Kabul a day ago is “safe”, Pakistani envoy Mansoor Ahmed Khan said Friday after talking to him on phone. “Regarding reports about Pakistani journalist Anas Malik, I have just talked to him on phone briefly. He is in Kabul and safe. Embassy will remain in touch with him,“ the envoy said on Twitter. Anas Mallick — working with WionNews —  also tweeted, "I am back." He was in Afghanistan to cover the first anniversary of the takeover by the Taliban of the country. The journalist reached Kabul on August 3. Mallick went missing on Thursday after filing a story about the 'safehouse' where Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone strike. “We at the Foreign Office are deeply concerned about the disappearance of Anas Mallick, FO correspondent, from Kabul yesterday,” the FO had said in a statement on Twitter after reports emerged

A photo of a meeting between the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) and Pakistan's religious scholars in Kabul. — Twitter/File Visit of tribal jirga comes a day after return of Pakistani Ulema delegation from Kabul. Ulema delegation met acting Afghan PM, Taliban leadership and TTP.   Two sides openly discussed issues pertaining to peace process. Another tribal jirga from Pakistan has gone to Kabul to hold talks with banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants based in Afghanistan. Pakistan sent the 12-member jirga just a day after the return of the delegation of Pakistani ulema, headed by Mufti Taqi Usmani, who visited Afghanistan from July 25 to 29. The religious scholars held two meetings with the Pakistani Taliban, besides calling on the top leaders of the ruling Afghan Taliban and acting prime minister Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund of the war-torn country. The first meeting was very brief in which the two sides introduced themselves and then concluded soon a