Senior members of the Taliban's political commission based in Qatar have travelled to Pakistan for discussions with security officials there about possible peace talks with the Afghan government, the Guardian reported Saturday.

This comes after reports this week that a Taliban delegation held secret talks with Afghan officials in Doha, Qatar.

The Guardian reported that three Taliban officials left Doha on Wednesday for talks with Pakistan officials.

"The visiting Afghan Taliban delegation will discuss various topics, including peace talks, and share the latest information with Pakistan," a senior official told the Guardian.

According to the report, the men are Mawlawi Shahabuddin Dilawar, a former ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah Jan Muhammad Madani, a former foreign minister under the Taliban regime in the 1990s, and Mullah Abdul Salam, a former deputy education minister.

The Taliban official said the discussions being held in Pakistan follow successful contacts made with both Afghan and US officials in recent months.

"Taliban and the Americans have been engaged in a number of rounds of talks in Qatar," he said.

"They have made some progress, on a very zigzag path. God willing, we hope further talks will create progress."

Pakistan-brokered peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government last year ground to a standstill after the news broke that the group's then leader Mullah Omar had died two years earlier and that the movement had been run in his name by Mullah Akhtar Mansour.

After a bitter leadership fight, Mansour was formally announced as leader of the Taliban but he was killed in May in a U.S drone strike. He had however shown no signs of holding peace talks with the Afghan government.

But according the Guardian, a Taliban source said the group's current leader, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, had sought to "speed up" talks with Kabul and the US.

He said: "Pakistan and the rest of the neighbors will be gradually brought on board. Pakistan is an important neighbor and no doubt they will want to be involved."

However, the Guardian reported that a western official who was aware of the Taliban's visit to Pakistan said the envoys' meeting was unlikely to be related to the recent Doha talks.

The official said it was an attempt by Islamabad to wrest back control and escape "immense U.S pressure and international isolation", reported the Guardian.

"They and a group from Quetta are talking to the Pakistanis about a Pakistan-led process," the official said.

"This is a separate initiative to escape U.S and Chinese pressure."

The official said some within the Taliban had objected to the way members of the political commission appear to have been summoned to Islamabad.

Quoting a Taliban official, the Associated Press reported this week that the head of the Doha office had not taken part in the talks with the Afghan government, reflecting "a continuing power struggle within the movement over who should run the Qatar office".

A Pakistani intelligence official declined to comment on the latest claims.

In reaction to this, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Saturday that Pakistan should respond.

"The people, who are blacklisted from travelling by the United Nations (UN), should be stopped. If they have travelled to talk about peace or about the member of their council, they must explain it," said Shekib Mustaghni, spokesman for the MoFA.

Resources have told TOLOnews that the Taliban delegation will speak with Pakistan officials about the arrest of Mullah Nani and a few other members of Taliban.

"Taliban have not confirmed the issue. If they have gone, they will visit with their council, will report to them, will exchange ideas and will get instructions," said Akbar, former member of Taliban group.

However, the High Peace Council (HPC) said that the division of Taliban into many groups, is the main reason that peace talks with this group has been so long in coming.